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Turkey’s military is contracting under Erdogan’s regime too « Hot Air

Turkey’s military is contracting under Erdogan’s regime too
posted at 12:31 pm on January 23, 2017 by Jazz Shaw

Just yesterday we looked at the fact that the Turkish lira has lost roughly one third of its value since President Recep Tayyip Erdogan began consolidating his power into what amounts to a tyrannical regime. Their once thriving private sector economy is fading and many stores now sit empty, with foreign businesses being less willing to risk operating there. But it’s not just the economy which is suffering these effects. A new report from Der Spiegel reveals that Turkey’s once mighty military is also losing strength and the cause is almost entirely the fault of the president and his post-coup policies.

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