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In March 2014 he banned [[Twitter]].<ref>http://cnsnews.com/news/article/turkey-blocks-twitter-over-graft-recordings</ref>

In March 2014 he banned [[Twitter]].<ref>http://cnsnews.com/news/article/turkey-blocks-twitter-over-graft-recordings</ref>

Erdoğan received attention after he explained that America was not discovered by [[Christopher Columbus]], but by a Muslim.<ref>http://cnsnews.com/news/article/turkeys-erdogan-muslims-discovered-americas</ref>

Erdoğan received attention after he explained that America was not discovered by [[Christopher Columbus]], but by a supposed "Muslim".<ref>http://cnsnews.com/news/article/turkeys-erdogan-muslims-discovered-americas</ref>

Erdoğan leans [[pro-life]] on the issue of abortion, wanting to curb the practice.<ref>https://www.foxnews.com/world/2012/06/03/turkish-women-protest-plans-to-curb-abortion/</ref>

Erdoğan leans [[pro-life]] on the issue of abortion, wanting to curb the practice.<ref>https://www.foxnews.com/world/2012/06/03/turkish-women-protest-plans-to-curb-abortion/</ref>

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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>

==Racism==

==Racism==

=== Ties with ISIS and other Syrian Islamist rebels ===

=== Ties with ISIS and other Syrian Islamist rebels ===

Erdogan has been accused of having once helped the terrorist group ISIS,<ref>[https://nypost.com/2019/09/21/why-isnt-the-media-covering-turkish-president-erdogans-ties-to-isis/ Why isn’t the media covering Turkish President Erdogan’s ties to ISIS]</ref> involving oil trade<ref>[https://www.reuters.com/article/us-mideast-crisis-russia-turkey/russia-says-it-has-proof-turkey-involved-in-islamic-state-oil-trade-idUSKBN0TL19S20151202 Russia says it has proof Turkey involved in Islamic State oil trade]</ref>, giving free passage to fighters<ref>[https://www.foxnews.com/world/for-western-jihadists-path-to-isis-runs-through-turkey For Western jihadists, path to ISIS runs through Turkey]</ref> and allowing arms shipments to ISIS.<ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/nov/18/turkey-cut-islamic-state-supply-lines-erdogan-isis Turkey could cut off Islamic State’s supply lines. So why doesn’t it?]</ref> And it was reported in 2015 that Turkey’s state intelligence agency helped deliver arms to parts of Syria under Islamist rebel control during late 2013 and early 2014.<ref>[https://www.reuters.com/article/us-mideast-crisis-turkey-arms/exclusive-turkish-intelligence-helped-ship-arms-to-syrian-islamist-rebel-areas-idUSKBN0O61L220150521 Exclusive: Turkish intelligence helped ship arms to Syrian Islamist rebel areas]</ref>

Erdogan has been accused of having once helped the terrorist group ISIS,<ref>[https://nypost.com/2019/09/21/why-isnt-the-media-covering-turkish-president-erdogans-ties-to-isis/ Why isn’t the media covering Turkish President Erdogan’s ties to ISIS]</ref> involving oil trade<ref>[https://www.reuters.com/article/us-mideast-crisis-russia-turkey/russia-says-it-has-proof-turkey-involved-in-islamic-state-oil-trade-idUSKBN0TL19S20151202 Russia says it has proof Turkey involved in Islamic State oil trade]</ref>, giving free passage to fighters<ref>[https://www.foxnews.com/world/for-western-jihadists-path-to-isis-runs-through-turkey For Western jihadists, path to ISIS runs through Turkey]</ref> and allowing arms shipments to ISIS.<ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/nov/18/turkey-cut-islamic-state-supply-lines-erdogan-isis Turkey could cut off Islamic State’s supply lines. So why doesn’t it?]</ref> And it was reported in 2015 that Turkey’s state intelligence agency helped deliver arms to parts of Syria under Islamist rebel control during late 2013 and early 2014.<ref>[https://www.reuters.com/article/us-mideast-crisis-turkey-arms/exclusive-turkish-intelligence-helped-ship-arms-to-syrian-islamist-rebel-areas-idUSKBN0O61L220150521 Exclusive: Turkish intelligence helped ship arms to Syrian Islamist rebel areas]</ref>

 

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