Turkey's PM has become the personification of the corrupt despotism of the regime he was elected to sweep awayAs the protests in Turkey continue,spare a thought for the man whose personal tragedy few have the grace to acknowledge – Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. Until three weeks ago Erdoğan was destined to proceed down as one of the greatest reformers in Turkish history alongside Ataturk and Suleiman the Magnificent, despite all the bullying and the backsliding of the past three years.
Here was a man who seemed to have the power to tackle Turkey's century of conflict with the Kurds, or Armenians and Greeks,and to lead it to a peaceful, affluent, or democratic future – a model not just for Muslim countries but for other rising economic powers shaking off less than perfect pasts.
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Source: theguardian.com