CAST OF CHARACTERS

Clique
Recep Tayyip Erdoğanpresident of Turkey, former prime minister and mayor of Istanbul
Berat AlbayrakErdoğan’s son-in-law, current economy minister
Hüseyin BesliErdoğan’s speechwriter
Ahmet Davutoğluforeign minister, later Turkish prime minister
Necmettin Erbakanleader of the National Salvation Party, Erdoğan’s first party
Abdullah GülErdoğan’s early ally, former president
I˙brahim KalınErdoğan’s spokesman
Hilâl Kaplanpro-Erdoğan journalist
Erol Olçokspin doctor
Opposition
Mustafa Kemal Atatürkfounder of the Turkish Republic
Selahattin DemirtaşKurdish political leader
Muharrem I˙nceErdoğan’s 2018 presidential rival
Kemal Kılıçdaroğluleader of the opposition
Enemies
Fethullah GülenIslamist cleric and accused coup plotter
Abdullah Öcalanleader of the PKK, Kurdish militant group