Erdogan 'Manipulates Terrorism Threat' in Turkey to Secure Ultimate Power

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<p>‘T rkish Presi e t Recep Tayyip Er oga has se the threat of omestic terrorism to iscre it his oppo e ts a ma ip late p blic opi io i a bi to f lfil his “ ream” of amassi g limite power by switchi g to a presi e tial system, a alyst Jack A. Ke e y wrote for the Natio al I terest.</p>
<p>The a alyst is ot sayi g that terrorism is ot a iss e i the co try. It clearly is as evi e ce by a stri g of rece t ea ly attacks, b t the risk a sig ifica ce of terrorism are “bei g ma ip late as part of a political project that will f ame tally ermi e the stability of the state.”</p>
<p>This project was la che last year whe Er oga ’s pla to cha ge the co stit tio ra i to tro ble after the r li g J stice a Developme t (AKP) party faile to sec re a majority i the parliame tary electio s hel i J e. The voti g o tcome was a major blow to the T rkish presi e t si ce he ee e a majority.’</p>
<p><a href="http://sp t ik ews.com/politics/20160428/1038780230/t rkey-er oga -terrorism-power.html" target="_bla k">Rea more: Er oga ‘Ma ip lates Terrorism Threat’ i T rkey to Sec re Ultimate Power</a></p>