Erdogan? The Islamic dictator who is currently killing our Kurdish allies in Syria and Iraq? Erdogan, the man who sheltered ISIS during its genocidal rampage and now welcomes them into his army? Erdogan, the wanna-be king of the new Byzantine empire during the Islamic apocalypse? Erdogan, the dog who has spit on the progress of the only modern Islamic country? The man who has repudiated Atatürk’s efforts to drag Turkey out of the dark ages and instead, steers it toward Islamic fundamentalism and terrorism? That Erdogan? Tyrant, terrorist, and thief?
By the way, those were the good guys he “drained.” They were the one trying to keep Turkey from turning into a sh!th0le country. Blanket arrests and murders are what dictators and terrorists do.
I’ll take Trump any day...
You obviously have trouble separating the concept from the individual.
Purges occur all of the time throughout history and are absolutely justified when a coup attempt fails.
Let’s talk about Pinochet, if it makes you feel better.
Agreed. Erdogan has almost single-handedly turned one of the few semi-civilized countries in the Middle East into a Islamist hellhole. Not someone to be admired or looked to for any kind of example.
Ataturk was as ruthless as he needed to be, but created a viable nation out of the ashes of the Great War. What remains of his great work?