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Third, the AKP does not respect law and order. Before the AKP came to power, Turkey was considered a [[democracy]]. Under the AKP, Turkey is on the edge of becoming a [[Totalitarianism|totalitarian]] [[dictatorship]]. [https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/649489/Turkey-President-arrests-people-for-insulting-him Dissent is openly punished]. [https://www.economist.com/europe/2018/03/27/turkeys-last-big-independent-media-firm-is-snapped-up-by-a-regime-ally Freedom of the press has been almost entirely destroyed]. [http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/turkish-kurdish-violence-edges-turkey-closer-to-civil-war-a-1053044.html The government has incited ethnic violence against minorities], particularly the [[Kurds|Kurds]]. [http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/opinion/burak-bekdil/destination-great-muslim-democracy-time-to-get-off-the-train-105635 Erdoğan himself has openly mocked the notion of democracy].

Third, the AKP does not respect law and order. Before the AKP came to power, Turkey was considered a [[democracy]]. Under the AKP, Turkey is on the edge of becoming a [[Totalitarianism|totalitarian]] [[dictatorship]]. [https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/649489/Turkey-President-arrests-people-for-insulting-him Dissent is openly punished]. [https://www.economist.com/europe/2018/03/27/turkeys-last-big-independent-media-firm-is-snapped-up-by-a-regime-ally Freedom of the press has been almost entirely destroyed]. [http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/turkish-kurdish-violence-edges-turkey-closer-to-civil-war-a-1053044.html The government has incited ethnic violence against minorities], particularly the [[Kurds|Kurds]]. [http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/opinion/burak-bekdil/destination-great-muslim-democracy-time-to-get-off-the-train-105635 Erdoğan himself has openly mocked the notion of democracy].

Fourth, the AKP actually does support political positions associated with [[Fascism]]/[[Nazism]]. Erdoğan is a fierce [[Anti-Semitism|anti-Semite]] who as a young man distributed pamphlets accusing [[Judaism|Jews]] of being behind the creations of both [[Freemasonry]] and [[Communism]], accused Israel of being behind dissent against governments that support the [[Muslim Brotherhood]], and publicly praised [[Adolf Hitler]] as a model example of how to govern a country.  

Fourth, the AKP actually does support political positions associated with [[Fascism]]/[[Nazism]]. Erdoğan is a fierce [[Anti-Semitism|anti-Semite]] who as a young man [https://pjmedia.com/blog/mas-kom-ya-erdogan-and-turkeys-islamic-jew-hatred/ wrote a play] accusing [[Judaism|Jews]] of being behind the creations of both [[Freemasonry]] and [[Communism]], accused Israel of being behind dissent against governments that support the [[Muslim Brotherhood]]<ref>https://www.haaretz.com/erdogan-israel-behind-coup-in-egypt-1.5323171</ref>, and [http://www.breitbart.com/national-security/2016/01/04/jew-hating-turkish-president-mas-kom-ya-erdogan-extols-hitlers-presidency/ publicly praised] [[Adolf Hitler]] as a model example of how to govern a country.  

Fifth, the AKP has an unofficial para-military wing. As the leader of the People's Alliance, the AKP's junior partner includes the neo-fascist Movement Party (MHP), the parent organization of the Grey Wolves. The Grey Wolves is a [[Terrorism|terrorist]] organization that has been involved in [[massacre]]s, [[assassination]]s, bombings, and the international drug trade. Thousands of people across Europe and Asia have been killed as a result of the various operations launched by this group over the past half-century, the most infamous being a failed assassination attempt on [[Pope John Paul II]] in 1981.

Fifth, the AKP has an unofficial para-military wing. As the leader of the People's Alliance, the AKP's junior partner includes the neo-fascist Movement Party (MHP), the parent organization of the Grey Wolves. The Grey Wolves is a [[Terrorism|terrorist]] organization that has been involved in [[massacre]]s, [[assassination]]s, bombings, and the international drug trade. Thousands of people across Europe and Asia have been killed as a result of the various operations launched by this group over the past half-century, the most infamous being a failed assassination attempt on [[Pope John Paul II]] in 1981.