Over the last year , violence has spiked in predominantly Kurdish southeastern Turkey to deadly levels unseen in more than a decade . Recep Tayyip is re - elected AKP party chairman . ` ` We have shown that ... a Muslim country can have ... democracy , '' he says . Leaders of Kurdistan , Iraqi Kurdistan are in attendance at rally . Critics accuse Erdogan of authoritarian tendencies , ordering arrests of journalists and activists .
Recep Tayyip is re - elected AKP party chairman . ` ` We have shown that ... a Muslim country can have ... democracy , '' he says . Leaders of Kurdistan , Iraqi Kurdistan are in attendance at rally . Critics accuse Erdogan of authoritarian tendencies , ordering arrests of journalists and activists .