Aral BalkanMay 29, 2023

What’s happening in Turkey today is not some exotic oddity. It’s a forewarning of exactly what can (and is) happening in the West.

Does this timeline seem familiar?

1. Neoliberals get elected. They fill their coffers while alienating a whole swath of society who they deem too far beneath them to matter.

2. A religious fundamentalist arises who speaks to those marginalised people, telling them they’ve been wronged (they have) and that he will make it right.

3. He gets elected.

4. He stays.

Show threadCogito Ergo DisputoMay 29, 2023
@aral hmmm... did the people in power before Erdogan, who has been in power himself for 20 years, actually classify as neo-liberals? And what were the Turks tired of? Economical growth? Your analysis seems a bit simplistic to me. Could the grip Erdogan has over every aspect of people's lives, namely the press, education, the courts, and so on, be a more plausible explanation?
Show threadAral Balkan

@Disputatore How exactly would you characterise the period starting with Özal and ANAP if not neoliberal?

My “analysis” is simply my lived experience as the child of Turkish parents.

May 29, 2023 at 5:28pmWeb
Show threadCogito Ergo DisputoMay 29, 2023
@aral so if prior to Erdoğan the economical policy was neo-liberal, what did he changed it to that secured his 20 years in power?