> Erdogan used the growing economy to win the secular base There was a brief moment back in 2007-2008 where they used the brilliant neo-liberal ideas to impose

> Erdogan used the growing economy to win the secular base There was a brief moment back in 2007-2008 where they used the brilliant neo-liberal ideas to impose the ottoman narrative of "ataturk did bad" and it worked! Rich liberals swallowed up the new narrative like flies on feces. This was the time of the kurdish initiative where there was a cease-fire and liberal artists and leaders who supported the government went over to the kurdish side asking them about their motives while armed resistance grew by at least 5-fold. This quickly ended in the government bombing resistance forces and the neo-liberal agenda died right there and then. Very sad times.