True Colors: The Reason Why Erdogan Admires Hitler’s Government
SputnikNews.com
02.01.2016
Turkish President Erdogan seeks to expand his powers, which may deal a serious blow to democracy in the country.
Erdogan’s admiration of Nazi Germany’s form of government reveals the Turkish president’s true colors, according to John Tures, a political science professor at LaGrange College in the US state of Georgia.
“There are such examples in the world and there have been such examples in the past. When you look at Hitler’s Germany, you will see it,” Erdogan said during a press conference when asked whether the presidential system was able to maintain the unitary structure of the state.
The Turkish president had said earlier that the authorities may hold a referendum in order to amend the country’s constitution and switch to a presidential form of government.
“If it was a statement made by a democratic figure, it would be treated as a gaffe or bad joke in poor taste. But for the authoritarian Erdogan, it’s a rare instance of his honesty, showing how the strongman really feels,” Tures wrote for the Huffington Post.
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