TURKEY’S SULTAN IS AT IT AGAIN: Erdogan’s Hagia Sophia Distraction Masks His Mounting Problems.
In a desperate attempt to remain in power, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has dealt the Turkish republic’s democratic structure a symbolic, historical insult so divisive it has the potential for serious, systemic political damage.
In so doing, the man derisively nicknamed Sultan Recep once again exposed his intense jealousy for Kemal Ataturk, the soldier-statesman and political genius who founded the modern Turkish state.
It’s my latest Creators Syndicate column.