Turkey's elections are fairly free, and there is going to be one this Sunday. President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has been in power for two decades, and he should really lose by a landslide. Imagine what the United States would be like if Donald Trump had been in power for 20 years, and that's what Turkey looks like today.
The courts work for Mr Erdogan's ruling AK Party (Justice and Development Party), and it's a crime to insult the president. Tens of thousands of people are investigated for it every year, and the penalty if you're found guilty is one to four years in jail.
The jails are full of journalists and politicians, the media are no longer free, and the economy is a mess: inflation is over 100% a year, and most people are struggling to get by. Five years ago, the Turkish economy was 16th largest in the world, and forecast to be 12th biggest by 2050. Instead, it has fallen to 19th.
