Garen Yegparian
BY GAREN YEGPARIAN
At first it was  just a reference to governance in Hitler’s Germany as a positive example of the centralized presidential power Erdoğan seeks to establish in Turkey. It was reported in the New York Times and elsewhere.
It was easy to disregard as just another one of his outrageous, outlandish, and outsized remarks, especially in the context of his ever more authoritarian style of rule.
His underlings claimed the media had misrepresented the comments Erdoğan made… sound familiar in this time of American presidential primary elections?
But then a few other pieces starting coming falling into place, please bear with me as the puzzle comes together.
Russia has asserted that Turkey is planning to invade Syria. Lending credence to this is the fact that Turkey denied Russia the right to a flight over its territory that is guaranteed by treaty, which suggests Turkey is trying to hide something. Turkey has built up transportation infrastructure starting at the Syrian border which suggests preparation for mobilization of men and munitions.
Aside from its early (and likely ongoing) support from IS/Daesh types, one of the stories Ankara likes to tell about “whyâ€
