turkey has been a slave of the west for the past 80 yrs
That's a great disservice to Mustafa Kamal who pretty much laid the groundwork for what is modern Turkey. It was his ideological shift, his separation of church and state and his emphasis on keeping clear of foolish goals such as ummah and islamic alliances that attracted western investment, eased Turkey's entry to NATO as early as 1952 and nearly made Turkey part of the EU - resulting in it being the only Muslim-majority nation of any size with a level of development comparable with western countries. It was not easy and took almost 80 years.
Yet here's Erdogan who in less than 5 years has systematically dismantled most of Turkey's institutions, freely used religion as a means of state policy, whipped up distrust between Turkey's closest partners in the EU, adopted policies that have brought terrorism to Turkey and breached every conceivable diplomatic protocol possible.
Where other countries once aspired to be like Turkey, that man is now throwing it all away in pursuit of his vain ambition. I believe his is very clearly on the wrong side of history - whatever his supporters and the people of Turkey may think - and in the long run it is the future generations of Turks who will pay the price.