Joost Lagendijk
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Erdoğan’s only real ideology is power. He wraps himself in whatever banner serves his autocratic aims — ‘conservative democracy’ early on, Islamism during the Arab Spring, and then Turkish nationalism. The label changes. The goal — absolute, unchecked power — never does. And that is THE problem.
Opinion | Turkey’s People Are Resisting Autocracy. They Deserve More Than Silence.
The world’s democracies can speak up to make Erdogan’s life less comfortable.
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April 27, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Erdoğan’s only real ideology is power. He wraps himself in whatever banner serves his autocratic aims — ‘conservative democracy’ early on, Islamism during the Arab Spring, and then Turkish nationalism. The label changes. The goal — absolute, unchecked power — never does. And that is THE problem.
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It is also an effective way to keep the resistance mobilised and engaged without losing momentum or relying solely on mass protests!
April 2, 2025 at 3:23 PM
It is also an effective way to keep the resistance mobilised and engaged without losing momentum or relying solely on mass protests!
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Erdogan & co. are up in arms about the boycott, calling it treason and threatening legal action--a sign of panic.
Boycott is effective b/c pro-AKP businesses rely on urban middle class consumers whom the govt is busy beating up, jailing and alienating.
The logic is simple: hit'em where it hurts!
Boycott is effective b/c pro-AKP businesses rely on urban middle class consumers whom the govt is busy beating up, jailing and alienating.
The logic is simple: hit'em where it hurts!
April 2, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Erdogan & co. are up in arms about the boycott, calling it treason and threatening legal action--a sign of panic.
Boycott is effective b/c pro-AKP businesses rely on urban middle class consumers whom the govt is busy beating up, jailing and alienating.
The logic is simple: hit'em where it hurts!
Boycott is effective b/c pro-AKP businesses rely on urban middle class consumers whom the govt is busy beating up, jailing and alienating.
The logic is simple: hit'em where it hurts!
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What geopolitics? 1. Trump in power gives autocrats room for suppression without reprimand, 2. Knows Europe needs Turkey more than ever for security and won't speak up, 3. Syria strengthened his hand, forced Kurds into truce, effectively dividing & paralysing domestic opposition.
March 19, 2025 at 7:38 AM
What geopolitics? 1. Trump in power gives autocrats room for suppression without reprimand, 2. Knows Europe needs Turkey more than ever for security and won't speak up, 3. Syria strengthened his hand, forced Kurds into truce, effectively dividing & paralysing domestic opposition.
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İstanbul's İmamoğlu detained in sweeping investigation
İmamoğlu and dozens of municipal officials and CHP members have been taken into custody.
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March 19, 2025 at 7:14 AM
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