Turkish President Erdoğan and Western Hypocrisy Erdoğan comes from a conservative Islamist tradition, and even back in the 1990s he was known for his authoritarian tendencies. Erdoğan gave hundreds of political declarations during the 1990s, and emphasized that he believed in the order of God and not democracy. In one of his speeches, he openly said “Democracy is like a train for us. We get on it and when we reach our destination, we get off it.” He also said “We see democracy as a tool, not as a target to be reached.”
Posted on: Fri, 19 Sep 2014 22:12:31 +0000
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