Erdogan Regime, comparison to Irish 20th century history

Submitted by Irish Reader (Ireland), Jul 18, 2017 at 15:00

Is there an article where you elaborate on the idea that Erdogan's regime is doomed because of its inability to satisfy Islam, a modern nation-state, and Erdogan's ego? I understand that the Soviet Union was afflicted by similar problems.

IMHO, the best country to compare Turkey with is Ireland, even though it's Catholic. The Irish Security forces let Fianna Fáil assume power after winning an election in 1932 in spite of seriously considering a coup, even though FF had fought and lost a nasty civil war a decade earlier, and was openly consorting with the IRA.

The concerns of the more pro-British faction were articulated in these posters:

https://irishelectionliterature.files.wordpress.com/2013/05/cngffvictory1932.jpg
https://irishelectionliterature.files.wordpress.com/2012/01/cng1932a.png
https://irishelectionliterature.files.wordpress.com/2011/07/cngmurder32a.jpg
https://irishelectionliterature.files.wordpress.com/2010/07/cngdevempty.jpg

In spite of serious problems caused by FF's cronyism (Google "Ireland symphisiotomy"), and a constitutional amendment intended to introduce a permanent FF oligarchy that was defeated by a narrow margin ("Third Amendment Irish Constitution"); the country ultimately turned out better in the very long run than Turkey did. Ultimately, the coups stunted the country's political development, and weeded out all but the more ruthless politicians, like Erdogan.

Further evidence of my theory is how Northern Ireland gradually became more backwards and poor than the South as a result of ossified Unionist governments backed up FPTP and gerrymandering. Orginallly, NI was the more liberal and wealthy part of the island. Of course, the unlimited support from London meant that there was no need to deal with problems like the entire Catholic population being oppressed, or the vicious persecution of liberal Protestants like Naomi Long.

(Apologies for the double-submission, I'm on mobile)

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