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Wednesday, July 01, 2015

Greece: Turkey as an Example? - The Globalist

Greece: Turkey as an Example?

Comparing the political cultures of Turkey and Greece.
By Heinz Richter, June 28, 2015

The political culture of Turkey is based on clientelism.
An astonishing feature of Turkish clientelism is the absence of tax evasion.
Turks of almost any political stripe are proud of their state.
The word “republic” exists in all European languages except one – Greek.

There is not the slightest doubt that the political culture of Turkey, too, is based on clientelism. (See TG’s recent coverage of Greece here)

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