Turkey Protests

I certainly think his policies will hurt Turkey and its citizens, and cause trouble in the area. But we do need to remember that there are many people in Turkey who do support him.

This is mostly what I mean, while there's always a split between opinions and both sides have reasons for either wanting things to stay or to change what Erdogan is doing now is still not something people could support in the long run and this might spill over even to the side that would prefer to go back to the old ways. Ultimately, what he's doing now reflects very poorly on himself, the citizens and the country and that may be more damaging than keeping the country as is considering what extreme measures Erdogan has already taken.

With that being said, given the countries Turkey would have to deal with in the current state it does make sense that a lot of Turks would be against it, much as I think such disputes are pointless in the long run.