Turkey

In the space of a week, Turkey’s three most prolific social scientists – Dani Rodrik, Daron Acemoglu and Kemal Dervis – have given their views on events back home. In contrast to Prime Minister Erdogan, who has sought to delegitimize the protest movement as a “vandalism effort”, “another move against our government by the interest rate lobby” and the newest manifestation of the many “threats and conspiracies” against his AKP government,

commented on Turkey’s    . In contrast to Prime Minister Erdogan, who has railed against the protest movement as a “vandalism effort” and “another move against our government by the interest rate lobby” among other epithets,