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| The Grand Turk |
| The sultan's power is dwindling |
| 2020-01-06 |
| [DW] Over the past 16 years, ...Turkey's version of Mohammed Morsi but they voted him back in so they deserve him. It's a sin, a shame, and a felony to insult the president of Turkey. In Anatolia did Recep Bey a stately Presidential Palace decree, that has 1100 rooms. That's 968 more than in the White House, 400 more than in Versailles, and 325 more than Buckingham Palace, so you know who's really more important... has progressively increased his power. But since last year, his influence has been waning. When Recep Tayyip Erdogan took power as |
| Posted by:trailing wife |
| #1 In February 13, 2011 a Rick Moran article noted: "Turkish Prime Minister Erdogan moves against the military." He noted: "The election of Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan in 2002 has brought dramatic changes to Turkey. Erdogan has instituted what some are calling 'soft Sharia' by incrementally altering Turkish institutions and society to reflect a more Islamist approach to government. And now, Erdogan is moving against the one force that can stop Turkey's slide into extremism." I.e., the military, and he succeeded. "Turkey, once a strong ally of Israel, recently sponsored the Gaza 'Freedom Flotilla' and has been cozying up to Iran in recent months. To continue to fall away from the West and embrace Islamization would mean a shift in the strategic situation of the United States. Turkey is a member of NATO and to see them drift toward Iran would make a gigantic hole in our position in the Middle East while seeing Iran gain an ally in a vital part of the world." And that's what happened. |
| Posted by: b 2020-01-06 08:28 |