I'm absolutely in favour of having a checks&balances governemnt, because I'm certain that my opinion and quality of life gets valued most in this government for

I'm absolutely in favour of having a checks&balances governemnt, because I'm certain that my opinion and quality of life gets valued most in this government form. However, that doesn't mean dictatorships can't be stable, at least for some time, and at least for some people. So, I have to agree that it's weird to totally overinterpret a cultural shift as doom for the country. Newspapers in Western Europe do the same. Just yesterday I've read an article that first asked something like "Well, what will happen with the country now?" and then basically just went on to explain again that more power is left in the hands of the president, not what the (supposedly negative) effects ought to be. I wouldn't vote in Erdogan's favor if I'd be Turkish, but he's still a smart politician in my eyes. With the uncertainty of having to deal with all the refugees, with decreasing support and protection from the EU, with growing power in the East (Russia, China) taking more control may be the only thing he can do to get his ship through the storms.