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Erdogan uses Turkey's religious network to expand government monitoring and gain popular support.
Donald Trump has used his meeting with Turkeys President to defend his disclosure of sensitive information to Russia.
Detention warrants were issued for those dismissed in the purge.
Erdogan's insecurity about having barely won the referendum will likely lead him to clamp down further.
WHAT'S HAPPENING
There was no open debate. It was a rubber stamp on one-man rule.
Their appeal is emotion-based. Using this, Turkeys president is likely to win a game-changing referendum that will keep him in power until 2029.
But it's also eerily familiar.
With more than 20 ethnic and religious minorities, the further centralization of decision-making will only exacerbate the countrys ills.
Regardless of who did it or why, there is only one loser.