Friday, February 07, 2020

Megalomania pushes Erdogan's ambition too far - Winnipeg Free Press

Megalomania pushes Erdogan's ambition too far
By: Gwynne Dyer

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan seems inclined to take on several conflicts at once.

TURKEY’S President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is not an "Islamist," in the extreme sense of the word. He doesn’t wear a suicide vest, he doesn’t behead people, he doesn’t even go around holding one finger up in the air to signify his hatred of those who fail to acknowledge the One True God. But he certainly does like the Islamists a lot.

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