Posts Tagged: Erdogan Dictator
It’s Time to Kick Turkey Out of NATO
The egregious violation of freedom of the press in Turkey has reached a mammoth proportion that places Turkey among the most oppressive nations for journalists....
Erdogan’s Lust for Power Is Destroying Turkey’s Democracy
This is the first in a series of articles based in part on eyewitness accounts about the rapidly deteriorating socio-political conditions in Turkey, and what...
A Message to Trump: Turkey’s Erdoğan Can’t Be Trusted
JNS.org - Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan was at his repellent best when he was interviewed by Israeli television journalist Ilana Dayan this week. Although the interview...
Is Turkey Following Pakistan’s Descent Into Islamization?
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's oppressive response to July's failed coup attempt -- in which he sacked thousands of government officials and journalists in a sweeping purge -- threatens...
Why I Supported the Turkish Coup Attempt
Every major government condemned the coup attempt in Turkey, as did all four of the parties with representatives in the Turkish parliament. So did even...
Will Erdoğan’s Ego Lead to His Downfall?
Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, the Republic of Turkey's brilliant -- if evil -- president, so dominates his country's political scene that he can afford a bit...
How Turkey Became a De Facto Dictatorship
The forced resignation of Turkey’s Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu suggests only one thing -- President Erdogan, who is totally absorbed by his lust for power, will tolerate...
President Erdogan: The Bully of Istanbul
Almost everyone at some time during their youth has seen and experienced a form of bullying; some may have even been a bully themselves. It might...
Turkey’s Quasi-Dictator Takes on The New York Times and Democracy
For 13 years, Recep Tayyip Erdogan has worked to impose his Islamist vision on Turkey's proud secular democracy, reshaping the country into a neo-Ottoman republic....
Erdogan Rejects Dictator Charge
Ynet - Turkey's prime minister on Sunday rejected claims that he is an authoritarian leader, dismissing protesters as an extremist fringe even as hundreds moved...
