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| | <blockquote><small>In a world first, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan uses Hitler's Germany as a positive role model for his constitutional reforms. | | <blockquote><small>In a world first, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan uses Hitler's Germany as a positive role model for his constitutional reforms. |
| | [https://www.telegraph.co.uk/multimedia/archive/03539/Hitler_Erdogan_3539319b.jpg?imwidth=350]</small></blockquote></ref>]] | | [https://www.telegraph.co.uk/multimedia/archive/03539/Hitler_Erdogan_3539319b.jpg?imwidth=350]</small></blockquote></ref>]] |
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| | Erdogan has been described as a: dictator<ref>[https://www.jacobinmag.com/2016/11/turkey-erdogan-coup-hdp-pkk-syria-gulen-ypg Turkey's Fascist Slide] Güney Işıkara, Alp Kayserilioğlu, Max Zirngast, Jacobin, Nov 10, 2016. | | Erdogan has been described as a: dictator<ref>[https://www.jacobinmag.com/2016/11/turkey-erdogan-coup-hdp-pkk-syria-gulen-ypg Turkey's Fascist Slide] Güney Işıkara, Alp Kayserilioğlu, Max Zirngast, Jacobin, Nov 10, 2016. |
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| | A leading Turkish opposition parliamentarian says that Turkey has been turned into a "fascist dictatorship" under its President, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.</i></ref><ref>[https://amp2.handelsblatt.com/recep-tayyip-erdogan-birth-of-a-dictator/23540062.html Recep Tayyip Erdogan: Birth of a Dictator] von John Blau, Handelsblatt, Dec 8, 2016.</ref><ref>[https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/theworldpost/wp/2018/06/25/erdogan/ Opinion: Turkey takes a big step toward nationalist fascism] Omer Taspinar, Washington Post, June 25, 2018</ref> | | A leading Turkish opposition parliamentarian says that Turkey has been turned into a "fascist dictatorship" under its President, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.</i></ref><ref>[https://amp2.handelsblatt.com/recep-tayyip-erdogan-birth-of-a-dictator/23540062.html Recep Tayyip Erdogan: Birth of a Dictator] von John Blau, Handelsblatt, Dec 8, 2016.</ref><ref>[https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/theworldpost/wp/2018/06/25/erdogan/ Opinion: Turkey takes a big step toward nationalist fascism] Omer Taspinar, Washington Post, June 25, 2018</ref> |
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| | ==Racism== | | ==Racism== |
| | Erdogan exacerbates racism especially against Kurds.<ref>[https://www.dw.com/en/kurds-in-turkey-increasingly-subject-to-violent-hate-crimes/a-50940046 Kurds in Turkey increasingly subject to violent hate crimes], DW, Oct 22, 2019. | | Erdogan exacerbates racism especially against Kurds.<ref>[https://www.dw.com/en/kurds-in-turkey-increasingly-subject-to-violent-hate-crimes/a-50940046 Kurds in Turkey increasingly subject to violent hate crimes], DW, Oct 22, 2019. |