Erdogan’s Turkey
Col. Mike Walker, USMC (retired)
All,
Erdogan is NOT the head of a democracy. He is a de facto dictator for life. Here is why:
He destroyed the free press.
He ended free speech.
He went far in destroying an independent judiciary.
He hopelessly corrupted Turkey’s democracy when his ruling party lost the national election and he flouted the constitution by allowing them to form a new government.
Afterwards, to keep power he destroyed opposition parties and imprisoned their leaders.
He ended the peace process that had made great strides with the Kurdish minority.
Erdogan was never a friend of the United States.
Beginning in 2003, he secretly supported the creation of the jihadist pipeline into Syria that then went into Iraq to kill Americans.
Ironically, the same pipeline was used to feed the Islamic State until Erdogan finally closed it down when they turned on him. What a jerk.
That helps to explain the troubles in Turkey today.
