But alas, whatever follows Erdogan in Turkey will be worse.
“But alas, whatever follows Erdogan in Turkey will be worse.”
No one has a crystal ball on that.
Erdogan has been collecting all the religious radicals under his roof, and simultaneously earning the displeasure of just about all other groups.
However, the one thing that is not likely to change, even with a more secular minded government in Turkey, is Turkish nationalism and the use of that nationalism for “Turks” compared to all the minorities in Turkey.
The fact, known to the Turks and everyone in Turkey, is that nearly all the minorities in Turkey - mainly Greeks, Assyrians, Armenians and Kurds, historically predate the Turks as peoples of Anatolia and the lands surrounding it. As much as the Turks have enjoyed ignoring it, for centuries, the others are not going to let the Turks forget it. Turkish nationalism has an anxiety level that stems from its historical insecurity and the demand to overcome that by bullying everyone else. That is how they gained rule in Anatolia to begin with and Turkish nationalism will remain tied to it - even under a better government in Turkey.
However, time may be on the side of the minorities.
Kurdish women are having births at double the rate of Turkish women, and the rate for Turkish women is far below a replacement rate. Erdogan is aware of this and has feared that Turks could be 2nd to Kurds in Turkey in another generation. THAT is part of his anxiety about Turkish kurds linking up with Kurds in Iraq and Syria.