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In the case of Erdogan you may not be that far off. Turkey is interesting country - the army there was the guardian of the secularism inherited from Kemal Ataturk.

That is almost dismantled by now with the involuntarily help of the EU. Erdogan came after free elections and after that Turkey is moving in some very dangerous waters. Add instability in Syria into the mix and the semi civil war with the Kurdish minority.



Very troubled waters indeed...

I spent quite a bit of time there in the late 90s; absolutely love the country and the people, despite almost getting blown up by the PKK.

After Erdogan came to power, I was wondering how long it would take the military to put him in check. They got pretty close a couple years back.


He's certainly not Hitler. He is certainly, in some sense, a fascist.




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