Turkish President Erdoğan is heading for a quarter of a century in power. The opposition is demoralized after the electoral defeat.

What is the state of democracy in the country? We also talk about why people with Turkish passports in Germany have the inglorious reputation of having helped Erdoğan gain the decisive advantage in the Turkish elections. You can listen to the current episode of the SPIEGEL foreign podcast Eight Billion here: http://www.spiegel.com/episodes/eight-billion.