(CN) — Journalists, lawyers, activists and left-wing critics were among hundreds of people arrested in Turkey during the lead-up to a NATO summit this week hosted by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.
The wave of arrests by Erdoğan’s authoritarian government elicited almost no criticism from Western capitals, a response reflecting Turkey’s growing military and geopolitical importance for NATO, especially for European members pushing to rearm themselves to counter Russia.
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