Let Turkey fail

Recep Tayyip Erdogan will continue his authoritarian rule well into its third decade. International observers confirmed elections were neither free nor fair. Those who claim Erdogan won fairly focus on balloting, but what preceded it tipped the scales: arrests of opposition candidates, state media amplifying Erdogan while largely ignoring his competitors, and local authorities approving Erdogan’s rallies while denying opponents equal access to the public square.