This is a huge benefit of this way of governing. You are pretty close to being a dictator but as far as people are concerned they freely chose to vote for this government and hence will turn out to protect their democracy.
Will think once this fails which it seems likely too, Erdogan will actually be very happy that it occurred. He's already got a stranglehold over Turkish party politics, 2015 showed which direction that is heading. He's converted the role of President from ceremonial to executive. He's got control of the security services, and has control of free speech in the country. The final challenge to his authority is the Turkish military, and they snakes have exposed themselves and failed. If things progress as planned 10 years from now he'll be in a position Putin dreams about.