Erdogan’s tantrum is a sign of weakness | Financial Times

Erdogan’s tantrum is a sign of weakness Sudden reversals demonstrate the Turkish president’s lack of coherent policy DAVID GARDNER Early last Saturday morning, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Turkey’s imperious president, had a Donald Trump moment. Instead of one of the former US president’s Twitter tantrums, Erdogan issued decrees. The first, firing the central bank governor, could amount to economic suicide. The second, withdrawing from a treaty to prevent violence against women that Turkey was the first to sign a decade ago, threatens to bury the remnants of the country’s reputation as a democracy that protects all its citizens. More:Erdogan’s tantrum is a sign of weakness | Financial Times