Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s Theocratic Ambitions: What Implications for Cyprus
NOVANEWS
Revolution of the Mind Series
By Andreas C Chrysafis
There is a nasty thorn growing inside the perfumed garden of Europe and releasing its poisonous spores across the Eastern Mediterranean and the Aegean. Recep Tayyip Erdogan has made it his mission to establish a new Islamic state and do away with secularism.
After the questionable referendum result on April 16, Turkey is about to be transformed forever. Erdogan cannot wait to change the Constitution and name himself as the all-powerful Grand Sultan of Turkey. In opposition to his obsession a massive 50% of the Turkish citizens resist his theocratic ambitions and another attempt to topple him cannot be discounted.
Last year’s failed coup sparked a hidden trait of his to flare up; a trait not seen before! He was so...