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The Erdoğan Government's Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic: Performance and Actuality in an Authoritarian Context 埃尔多安政府应对新冠肺炎疫情：威权背景下的表现与现状

IF 2.8 2区社会学

Government and Opposition Pub Date : 2022-05-26 DOI: 10.1017/gov.2022.16

Melis G. Laebens, Aykut Öztürk

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