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The World is Recognizing That it Doesn’t Need Erdogan — And the Lira is Beginning to Reflect it
The battle for facts, social media manipulation, a new genocide, and certain inflation.
Enes Kanter, an NBA star, calls him “Turkish Hitler”.
That is because, over a hundred years ago, 1.5 million Armenians were systematically eradicated from this world. Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, Turkey’s current president, doesn’t agree with the facts of history. When 308 references on Wikipedia alone can’t liberate the information processing in Erdogan’s mind, it’s safe to say that the truth is an irrelevant part of his governing agenda.
Time magazine printed an entire piece documenting Erdogan’s fascination and nostalgia for the Ottoman Empire back in September of this year. Their conclusion was succinctly placed in the title: Why Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s Love Affair with the Ottoman Empire Should Worry The World.
Just four years ago, Erdogan was pushing to increase his executive powers within the country, citing Hitler’s Germany, the Third Reich, as his primary example of an effective government.
