TaiShang
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All crisis is cauesc by external powers. External powers external powers we are helpless and desperate.
This external power argument has an inherent contradiction. Those AKP supporters argue they support Erdogan because he is the only strong leader that defends Turkey's interests well. On the other hand, the same people see foreign meddling even in the prices of onion and cabbage.
If, under Erdogan, Turkey became so strong, how come external powers are able to dictate onion and cabbage prices in Turkey?
Maybe AKP voters equate high-pitch arguments with strength. In fact, they need to equate strength with result. If the outcome is bad people, what is the point in arguing?
That was the nature of Turkey's diplomacy two-decade prior: They used to speak softly and carry a big stick. For a miraculous reason, Erdogan managed to paint these people with weakness and timidity: Hence the ongoing assault on the left politics, Ataturk legacy and Republican institutions in Turkey.
Economy, too, seems to be one of the alternative realities managed by the AKP in a magical way.