SOUND FAMILIAR?
Country elects militant Islamist who abuses the office and dedicates himself to fundamentally transforming the nation.
Posted on 07/17/2016 3:32:39 AM PDT by dennisw
The £400 million palace of Turkey’s President Erdogan is the biggest in the world. It is also a monstrosity. Thirty times the size of the White House, all the seats of government of Turkey’s Nato allies could be contained inside its vast marble halls and endless corridors.
No wonder the sprawling modernist structure is compared to the People’s Palace built by Romania’s dictator Nicolae Ceausescu. It actually looks more like a massive public lavatory. Saddam himself would blanch at the silk wallpaper in the bathrooms, the cabinets displaying gold inlaid glasses that cost £250 each, and the 63 lifts. The carpet bill was a staggering £7.8 million.
here that blood was shed during the botched coup. And it is in its absurd dimensions that we can learn so much about the overweening, ego-inflated ambitions of its prime resident – and of the dangerous consequences of the failed putsch. The stakes could scarcely be higher.
From his humble beginnings, Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s rise to the top ought to be a classic heart-warming story. But his taste in mega-architecture reflects a personality that has more in common with the most grandiose of Ottoman Sultans. The high-handed way in which he overrode normal rules and budgets to push through his gigantic living memorial is why critics call him an elected dictator.
The coup may have fizzled out, showing Erdogan had support in the streets. But many reasons why the other half of Turks resent his way of ruling are still there. To them, he is a president who abuses office to benefit his family and cronies.
Yesterday’s triumphant return to office cannot silence widespread allegations of corruption and abuse of office against Erdogan. Intolerant of even jokes at his expense, he has prosecuted the media which report allegations against him and his family.
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TRANSLATION:
Forget the Islamic BS he pushes
Erdogan and his family are looting Turkey along with his conected cronies
Looting, now slaughtering his enemies.
In truth closer to an Obama or a Clinton.
They have Progressives in Turkey?
Obama’s jealous!
Sounds familiar, doesn’t it.
The press is beginning to set up Erdogan for his ouster.
;)
I was just thinking....hillary gets the WH it will make erdogan and obama look like a piker.
Every person he kills has family and friends. He can’t know who is with him and who is against him. He can’t trust the military.
He will need to clamp down hard to maintain control and that will foment revolution.
You don’t have a palace like that built for your successor. You build it because you are planning to stick around for a very long time.
Hillary:piker
Well, Duh
Yes, and the monstrosity that Nero built was torn down immediately after his death. The gold therein was melted down to replenish the Roman treasury, which Nero emptied to build the thing in the first place. The only thing which will outlive Erdogan is the memory of his vainglorious excess.
CC
Is she does and the only way that could happen is via MASSIVE VOTER FRAUD.
for a successful coup, you must first kill the king
May he drink some ‘bad tea’.
SOUND FAMILIAR?
Country elects militant Islamist who abuses the office and dedicates himself to fundamentally transforming the nation.
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