(August 22, 2016 at 2:16 pm)Pandæmonium Wrote:
A failed state in the next 10 years cast out by the west. Erdogan hates Putin too, so maybe Turkey will become the next Iran? I feel desperately sorry for the secularists, some of whom I know.
It's not as simple as Erdogan being an Islamist. He's also a nationalist with strong nostalgic tendencies for the Ottoman empire. Also, Erdogan and Putin had their one on one at Petersburg quite recently with a lot of kiss, kiss involved. I guess one democrator values the other when he sees them.