Erdogan’s rule may be finally coming to an end – The Irish Times

Erdogan’s rule may be finally coming to an end Patrick Smyth: EU capitals will be watching the Turkish elections in May, the toughest the autocratic ruler has yet faced Modern Turkey’s founding father Mustafa Kemal Atatürk‘s belief in “a great conspiracy against the Turkish nation” is often quoted by successor president Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Internal and external conspiracies, plots against him and attempts by the Western powers to do down the great successor state to the Ottoman Empire, are an essential part of the Erdogan narrative, the justification for his autocratic rule and for the jailing thousands of opponents. More:Erdogan’s rule may be finally coming to an end – The Irish Times