“An enraged, isolated Turkish president could engage in tougher territorial disputes with Greece, Cyprus and Syria,” the Economist says.
His autocratic rule and defiant behavior Recep Tayyip Erdogan criticizes and condemns the British Economist magazine in its analysis entitled “The Threatened Dictatorship in Turkey”.
The new issue of the magazine depicts the Turkish flag with the image of Erdogan in the crescent moon, and highlights the negative Western perspective on the behavior of the Turkish leader.
“A flawed democracy could lead to total despotism. Turkey is on the brink of disaster under its increasingly unpredictable president, Recep Tayyip Erdogan,” the magazine says.
A flawed democracy could tip into full-blown autocracy. Turkey is on the brink of disaster under its increasingly erratic president, Recep Tayyip Erdogan https://t.co/gfekLyEQH5 pic.twitter.com/vJpDB1pgUQ
— The Economist (@TheEconomist) January 19, 2023
He states that he is gradually assimilating the roles of prime minister, party president and central banker into his powers.
“Turkey has the second largest armed forces in NATO. It plays a critical role in a turbulent neighborhood, especially in war-torn Syria. It has a growing influence in the Western Balkans, the Eastern Mediterranean and more recently in Africa. Above all, its role in the Black Sea and in Russia’s war in Ukraine is important. Last year he helped broker a deal to allow more Ukrainian grain to be sent to a hungry world.
“Thus, foreigners should pay attention to Turkey’s presidential and parliamentary elections, which Recep Tayyip Erdogan this week hinted will take place on May 14. All the more so that, under its increasingly unpredictable president, the country is on the brink of disaster,” emphasizes the Economist. “Mr Erdogan’s behavior in the run-up to the election could push what is currently a deeply flawed democracy over the edge into a total dictatorship” highlighted in the journal article.
In the first years of his political career, the Turkish president fulfilled the promises he had made for reforms at the economic, but also political level. “However, the longer Erdogan is in power, the more authoritarian he becomes.” In recent years, especially after the coup attempt in 2016, Tayyip Erdogan has launched a “war” against the democratic institutions of his country, the Economist points out, some of his authoritarian practices are the imprisonment of journalists and political opponents, the control of the media , the exploitation of the judicial system and the restriction of the internet.
With citizens in Turkey facing poverty and high inflation, Erdogan appears to be losing a lot of voters and is even in danger of losing the elections in a few months. Of course, there is great concern that the election will not be entirely meritocratic, and the Turkish president will try to influence the outcome.
In this context, an appeal is addressed to all Western leaders, especially US President Joe Biden, to take action and not let Erdogan turn a country – an important NATO ally – into an autocracy. “An enraged, isolated Turkish president could engage in harsher territorial disputes with Greece, Cyprus and Syria. It could allow the 5 million migrants and refugees in Turkey to travel to southern Europe. It could block the accession of Sweden and Finland to NATO”, the publication says, clarifying that the West should not “alienate” Turkey, but bring it “on the straight – democratic – path”.
“Erdogan is a bully who imposes his cruelty to satisfy his interests inside and outside of Turkey,” it noted.
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