He's not a mystery at all. He's a Turkish Islamist. He makes no secret of being a dictator, being expansionist with regards to Syria, his desire to expand NATO, his disdain for Christians who don't submit to Islam. He doesn't like wokeness. He supports "immigration" jihad and sees exporting his population to Germany as part of that effort. He maintains the NATO alliance for historical and geopolitical reasons. It is better not to make enemies unnecessarily, especially if they're nominally your allies. Because he's a Turk, he doesn't quite get along with the Arabs in the Islamic world, but they find agreement on things like Israel, the EU, the US, and China more often than not.
He's a dictator who's not afraid to wield power, which we saw by him absolutely crushing the 10,000-man coup d'etat some while back. Many were executed in the purge that followed. And despite the economic distress his country is seeing now, his country views him as a strong leader with a favorable vision for his country and they're backing him even as inflation rises.
Erdogan isn't much of a mystery to any clear thinking person. He might be to a Leftist who seem perpetually baffled at the possibility that people could disagree with their "sainted" opinions, but not to folks who frequent this site.
He's not a mystery at all. He's a Turkish Islamist. He makes no secret of being a dictator, being expansionist with regards to Syria, his desire to expand NATO, his disdain for Christians who don't submit to Islam. He doesn't like wokeness. He supports "immigration" jihad and sees exporting his population to Germany as part of that effort. He maintains the NATO alliance for historical and geopolitical reasons. It is better not to make enemies unnecessarily, especially if they're nominally your allies. Because he's a Turk, he doesn't quite get along with the Arabs in the Islamic world, but they find agreement on things like Israel, the EU, the US, and China more often than not.
He's a dictator who's not afraid to wield power, which we saw by him absolutely crushing the 10,000-man coup d'etat some while back. Many were executed in the purge that followed. And despite the economic distress his country is seeing now, his country views him as a strong leader with a favorable vision for his country and they're backing him even as inflation rises.
Erdogan isn't much of a mystery to any clear thinking person. He might be to a Leftist who seem perpetually baffled at the possibility that people could disagree with their "sainted" opinions, but not to folks who frequent this site.
Pretty much what we all thought about Putin, Xi, Kim etc. So.