This radical sea change and negative public diplomacy toward Erdoğan's image gradually found inroads in Turkey, leading some observers of Turkish politics to wrongly claim that the sociological basis of the "Erdoğan effect" has already expired. 

Turkish prime minister Tayyip Erdogan rallied hundreds of thousands of supporters on Sunday, dismissing accusations of intolerance by western and domestic critics. "I don't care who it is. I'm not listening," he said to cheers.