In Turkish election, democracy itself is at stake

It’s a week before an election, and the firebrand candidate takes the podium to speak to a small, private crowd of loyal supporters.Turkey is holding snap elections on June 24, and in the run-up, Erdoğan’s stump speeches have grown more and more Trumpian.Like the American president, Erdoğan fashions himself as populist representative of the common man facing down an array of corrupt elites.