Originally Posted by
M-Ra
I think as Medium critizies Erdogan, you can't really blame him. And Erdogan played his part officially towards the european union until he had the means of establishing himself as a dictator. Now the situation is pretty hopeless, after Erdogan displaced the kemalist leaders in the army with his own men, which willfor the forseeable future prevent the army from fullfilling their mission of protecting the secular democratic order of Turkey. And this will hurt the relationships with the turkish immigrants in germany as well for the future, to the point where germany has to force the turkish population in the country to decide whom they are loyal to, Turkey or Germany.
Though sadly its clear that Turkey now is on the way of becoming an Islamist State, so its clear which side wins. And its really sad, because despite being culturally german, the secularism in Turkey was something that always filled me with pride.