For four days, Istanbul looked like an African capital. From 24 to 27 May, a hundred-odd journalists from the continent flocked to the shores of the Bosphorus to take part in the Turkey-Africa Media Summit. Between gala dinners, conferences and a visit to the historic peninsula of Istanbul, the event was intended to further highlight the all-out offensive on the continent undertaken by Recep Tayyip Erdogan over the past 15 years. Since his rise to power, the Turkish president has visited Africa more