FT: 'Erdogan maakt Turkse media kapot'

Two years ago some of his outbursts were manufactured to galvanise his neo-Islamist Justice and Development party, or AKP, and fasten its grip on the conservative Anatolian heartland, typified by Konya. Now, the prime minister’s aggression appears to know no bounds, as he treats the mixture of mockery and anger that radiated out from Istanbul’s Taksim square in June as an existential threat. In particular, Mr Erdogan’s already acute intolerance of criticism is in danger of destroying what is left of the independence of Turkish media.