The pseudonym "Philo Vaihinger" has been abandoned. All posts have been and are written by me, Joseph Auclair.

Friday, May 6, 2016

Turkey is not a European country

Admitting Turkey to the EU is a very stupid idea.

Steps in that direction are stupid.

Turkey's Erdogan takes tough EU line after PM quits

Erdogan's slow coup continues to undermine the foundations of Ataturk's secular Turkish republic.

Having already undermined the state's secularism and the ability of the army, Ataturk's instrument, to defend it, the Turkish president, supported by Islamist currents, is now on his way toward making himself a dictator by a constitutional change converting the Turkish republic from its parliamentary system to a presidential system - a change that appears to be but is not in the present case benign.

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