Re:Turkey bans use of cryptocurrencies for payments
by toyg on Friday April 16, 2021 @10:38AM
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> and basically turned into an Ayatollah since then
It's not as simple as that, he's no religious zealot. Erdogan simply leverages conservative support in order to act as an imperialist (and illiberal) king - a new sultan.
And "we" let him do it because "we" need to keep Russia out of Anatolia and the straits, and "we" consider most of the Southern coast of the Mediterranean Sea as a de-facto concentration camp for African and Middle-Eastern migrants.
It's not as simple as that, he's no religious zealot. Erdogan simply leverages conservative support in order to act as an imperialist (and illiberal) king - a new sultan.
And "we" let him do it because "we" need to keep Russia out of Anatolia and the straits, and "we" consider most of the Southern coast of the Mediterranean Sea as a de-facto concentration camp for African and Middle-Eastern migrants.