Looks like there are some who don't see Erdogan as a knight in shining armor.
Issue No.1217, 16 October, 2014 15-10-2014 01:29PM ET
Erdogan and the Kurds
Ankara’s complicity in the siege of Kobani is backfiring, writes Sayed Abdel-Meguid
The Turkish government is mired in confusion, is pursuing policies that have already floundered and has presided over the erosion of any separation between powers, says Republican People’s Party (CHP) leader Kemal Kiliçdaroglu. And the reason this has happened? Kiliçdaroglu lays the blame squarely on the shoulders of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Turkey’s head of state, he says, refuses to recognise the constitutionally stipulated neutrality of his position, insists on dictating policy and controls the head of the ruling party and prime minister. Kiliçdaroglu argues that Erdogan’s actions are courting successive waves of strife, and that his only response is to use the state’s machinery of repression to stifle all opposition. Yet across Turkey, increasingly angry voices are expressing their discontent with the situation, giving many observers cause for concern over the country’s future.
Erdogan’s response was to refute the claims of the opposition and denounce them as“conspirators”. He insisted “his government” — he appeared momentarily to forget that Ahmet Davotoglu is prime minister — will stand firm and put an end to the “rioting and destruction”. He vowed to “retaliate” against the “hired saboteurs” by bringing the full arsenal of the law down upon them.
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Issue No.1217, 16 October, 2014 15-10-2014 01:29PM ET
Erdogan and the Kurds
Ankara’s complicity in the siege of Kobani is backfiring, writes Sayed Abdel-Meguid
The Turkish government is mired in confusion, is pursuing policies that have already floundered and has presided over the erosion of any separation between powers, says Republican People’s Party (CHP) leader Kemal Kiliçdaroglu. And the reason this has happened? Kiliçdaroglu lays the blame squarely on the shoulders of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Turkey’s head of state, he says, refuses to recognise the constitutionally stipulated neutrality of his position, insists on dictating policy and controls the head of the ruling party and prime minister. Kiliçdaroglu argues that Erdogan’s actions are courting successive waves of strife, and that his only response is to use the state’s machinery of repression to stifle all opposition. Yet across Turkey, increasingly angry voices are expressing their discontent with the situation, giving many observers cause for concern over the country’s future.
Erdogan’s response was to refute the claims of the opposition and denounce them as“conspirators”. He insisted “his government” — he appeared momentarily to forget that Ahmet Davotoglu is prime minister — will stand firm and put an end to the “rioting and destruction”. He vowed to “retaliate” against the “hired saboteurs” by bringing the full arsenal of the law down upon them.
Continue reading at:
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