Many tributes these days and in the German press for the completion of 100 years since the founding of the modern Turkish Republic. For its part, the Welt newspaper notes in an extensive article: “In this anniversary year, the question arises in which direction wants Turkey to move into the future. If the country moves further away from the EU or if it renews its ties with the West. And if Erdoganism survives even after Erdogan.”

After all, as the newspaper observes, Erdogan “he has already declared the next ‘Century of Turkey.’ THE his aim to raise a pious generation, starts from the building of religious schools and mosques to the attempt to segregate student residences according to gender and the conversion of the Byzantine church of Hagia Sophia from a museum to a mosque”.

In closing, the tribute observes that the founder of the country, Kemal Atatürk “ruled in an authoritarian manner and with a one-party political system. His political work, Kemalism, shaped the country throughout the last century. To this day, the cult of his person survives – in the same way that Erdogan experiences it. Logic dictates that his own legacy will have a similar imprint in the long run. And that Erdoganism will probably survive longer than its initiator.”