Erdogan’s motives
Recent comments by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who said that the 1923 Treaty of Lausanne was a defeat for Turkey, are open to different interpretations. Most certainly they marked a negative development for Greek-Turkish relations – at least for as long as Turkey’s helm remains in the hands of a leader animated by a quest to build a neo-Ottoman or neo-Islamic regime. Recent developments have demonstrated that, first, Erdogan is Turkey’s unrivaled strongman and, second, the campaign to transform Turkey’s state apparatus is successfully moving ahead.
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