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Diyanet: Erdogan's Islamic vehicle to the Balkans : Comments
By Alon Ben-Meir and Arbana Xharra, published 25/10/2018Erdogan has put in the field two state organizations, Diyanet and the Turkish Development Agency (TIKA), as vehicles through which Turkey could enhance its Islamic influence in the Balkans.
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Has eloquence and charisma, that like Herr Hitler can hold his mob audiences almost spellbound and in the palm of his hand as his willing slaves, ready to lay down their lives at the whim and caprice of a madman?
Has a recording of a man being tortured and brutalised that could have come from any Turkish secret service establishment?
He orchestrated, I believe, the current conflict with the Kurdish minority, which had gained some popularity and enough seats in the national parliament to threaten his hold on power.
And given he saw that that popularity dissipated through his own organised alleged plotted coup. Saw the Kurd return to being the very convenient ethnic minority that could be made the convenient scapegoat to shift vision from this monster's excesses.
Given that is so? Allowed him to silence freedom of expression and a free press which today, is little more than his mouthpiece? And a vehicle for fake news, misinformation and state-sponsored propaganda?
This man is I believe, dangerous in the extreme and more than willing to bankrupt his nation to spread the power and influence this control freak/power junkie craves?
Alan B.