Erdogan: The World's Most Insulted President

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He's so busy suing everyone that he doesn't have time to run his country.


Erdogan: The World's Most Insulted President


by Burak Bekdil
April 20, 2016 at 4:00 am

  • Since Erdogan was elected president in August 2014 he has sued at least 1,845 Turks for insulting him. Now his judicial challenges have been exported to Europe.

  • Angela Merkel's decision to allow Böhmermann's prosecution hardly complies with the European culture of civil liberties.

  • "[N]ow the Turkish journalists and artists will even suffer more." — Rebecca Harms, co-chair of the Group of the Greens/European Free Alliance at the European Parliament.

  • The trouble is, the more Erdogan realizes that his blackmailing works, the more willing he will be to export his poor democratic culture into Europe. Merkel has set the wrong precedent and given the prickly sultan what he wants.
The always angry Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Turkey's president, should have a moment of peace and wonder why is he probably the world's most insulted president.

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