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Line 315: − |- − | align=center|[[Selim the Grim|Selim I]] || align=center| [[Ottoman Empire]] || align=center|1512–1520 || <small>9th Sultan of the Ottoman Empire, known as Selim the Grim or Selim the Resolute. He became ruler by dropping his father Bayezid II from the throne. In 1517, he usurped the caliphate from the Mamluk Sultanate.</small> − |- − | align=center|[[Abdul Hamid II]] || align=center| [[Ottoman Empire]] || align=center|1876–1909 || <small>34th Sultan of the Ottoman Empire who exert effective despotic control over the fracturing state. He abolished the constitutional regime in 1878, and established an oppressive regime. The dissidents were imprisoned or exiled through agents. Newspapers, magazines and books were censored.</small> − |- − | align=center|"[[Three Pashas]]" || align=center| [[Ottoman Empire]] || align=center|1913–1918 || <small>[[Enver Pasha]] (Enver Paşa), [[Talaat Pasha]] (Talat Paşa), and [[Djemal Pasha]] (Cemal Paşa). They made a coup on the worsening of the First Balkan War and took over the administration. − </small> − |- − | align=center|[[Mustafa Kemal Atatürk]] || align=center| [[Turkey]] || align=center|1923–1938 || <small>Marshal and first President of Turkey. Led the Turkish national movement. Transformed Turkey into a secular republic through broad authoritarian reforms.</small> Line 340:
Line 331: − |- − | align=center|[[Ilham Aliyev]] || align=center|[[Azerbaijan]] || align=center|'''2003–present''' ||<small> Dubious election; opposition suppressed (see [http://www.underreported.com/print.php?sid=1241]).</small> Line 435:
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| align=center|[[Abdul Karim Qassem]] || align=center|[[Iraq]] || align=center|1958–1963 || <small>Gained power by coup; viewed by some as benevolent (see [https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2003/03/18/wisad18.xml]).</small>
| align=center|[[Abdul Karim Qassem]] || align=center|[[Iraq]] || align=center|1958–1963 || <small>Gained power by coup; viewed by some as benevolent (see [https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2003/03/18/wisad18.xml]).</small>
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| align=center|[[Bashar al-Assad]] || align=center|[[Syria]] || align=center|'''2000–present''' || <small>No opposition permitted in election following death of his father; widely described as a dictator (see [http://www.opinionjournal.com/best/?id=110007449], [http://memri.org/bin/articles.cgi?Page=archives&Area=sd&ID=SP92405], [http://www.freeman.org/m_online/feb04/pasko.htm]).</small>
| align=center|[[Bashar al-Assad]] || align=center|[[Syria]] || align=center|'''2000–present''' || <small>No opposition permitted in election following death of his father; widely described as a dictator (see [http://www.opinionjournal.com/best/?id=110007449], [http://memri.org/bin/articles.cgi?Page=archives&Area=sd&ID=SP92405], [http://www.freeman.org/m_online/feb04/pasko.htm]).</small>
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| align=center|[[Recep Tayyip Erdoğan]] || align=center|[[Turkey]] || align=center| '''2014–present''' || <small> Prime Minister of Turkey 2003-2014; President of Turkey since 2014. His crackdowns on protests, restrictions on the media, banning of public websites, purging of prosecutors looking to investigate him, and general curbing of civil liberties follow the path of a typical autocrat. He changed the constitution to enhance his autocratic powers and enshrine authoritarianism into law.</small>
| align=center|[[Recep Tayyip Erdoğan]] || align=center|[[Turkey]] || align=center| '''2014–present''' || <small> Prime Minister of Turkey 2003-2014; President of Turkey since 2014. His crackdowns on protests, restrictions on the media, banning of public websites, purging of prosecutors looking to investigate him, and general curbing of civil liberties follow the path of a typical autocrat. He changed the constitution to enhance his autocratic powers and enshrine authoritarianism into law.</small>
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|align=center|[[Xi Jinping]] || align=center|[[People's Republic of China]] || align=center|'''2013-present'''||<small>Elected party secretary under the principles of [[Democratic Socialism]]. Xi Jinping was [[CCP]] general secretary during the [[CCP global pandemic]] and authorized the [[CCP pandemic coverup]] resulting in the loss of tens of thousands of lives globally. Imprisoned over 1 million [[Muslim]]s due to their [[religious]] faith. Conducted illegal [[bioweapon]] research. Organ harvesting among prisoners was common under Xi Jinping.</small>
|align=center|[[Xi Jinping]] || align=center|[[People's Republic of China]] || align=center|'''2013-present'''||<small>Elected party secretary under the principles of [[Democratic Socialism]]. Xi Jinping was [[CCP]] general secretary during the [[CCP global pandemic]] and authorized the [[CCP pandemic coverup]] resulting in the loss of tens of thousands of lives globally. Imprisoned over 1 million [[Muslim]]s due to their [[religious]] faith. Conducted illegal [[bioweapon]] research. Organ harvesting among prisoners was common under Xi Jinping.</small>
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==Eurasia==
===Western Asia ("Middle East") and Southern/Eastern Europe===
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| align=center|[[Selim the Grim|Selim I]] || align=center| [[Ottoman Empire]] || align=center|1512–1520 || <small>9th Sultan of the Ottoman Empire, known as Selim the Grim or Selim the Resolute. He became ruler by dropping his father Bayezid II from the throne. In 1517, he usurped the caliphate from the Mamluk Sultanate.</small>
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| align=center|[[Abdul Hamid II]] || align=center| [[Ottoman Empire]] || align=center|1876–1909 || <small>34th Sultan of the Ottoman Empire who exert effective despotic control over the fracturing state. He abolished the constitutional regime in 1878, and established an oppressive regime. The dissidents were imprisoned or exiled through agents. Newspapers, magazines and books were censored.</small>
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| align=center|"[[Three Pashas]]" || align=center| [[Ottoman Empire]] || align=center|1913–1918 || <small>[[Enver Pasha]] (Enver Paşa), [[Talaat Pasha]] (Talat Paşa), and [[Djemal Pasha]] (Cemal Paşa). They made a coup on the worsening of the First Balkan War and took over the administration.
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| align=center|[[Mustafa Kemal Atatürk]] || align=center| [[Turkey]] || align=center|1923–1938 || <small>Marshal and first President of Turkey. Led the Turkish national movement. Transformed Turkey into a secular republic through broad authoritarian reforms.</small>
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| align=center|[[Ilham Aliyev]] || align=center|[[Azerbaijan]] || align=center|'''2003–present''' ||<small> Dubious election; opposition suppressed (see [http://www.underreported.com/print.php?sid=1241]).</small>
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