OUR Erdogan now he has until 2028 to redesign it Türkiye he thinks he sees the building of democracy as “more religious, more authoritarian and more oriented towards the Persian Gulf, Russia and China.”

This is indicated by the French newspaper with reference to the second round of the presidential elections in Turkey. Le Monde, noting that “after twenty years in power, nothing seems to shake his charisma. Neither his unbridled authoritarianism (200,000 lawsuits have been initiated for insulting the president), nor inflation (an average of 44% per year), which hits the population hard.”

His re -election on third term confirms his status as an “unsinkable president” who has mastered the art of recovery, the French newspaper notes, emphasizing that “for twenty years we have seen him overcome everything: political crises, mass protests, corruption scandals, attempted military coups and the abandonment of his former comrades.”

According to the French newspaper, Erdogan is “a populist leader with strong authoritarian roots who has significantly increased his control over the country in his twenty years of rule.”

“This power is political and psychological, as well as material, given the fact that 15 million people – out of a total population of 85 million – live solely on social assistance distributed by the Justice and Development Party (AKP),State Party“an add-on that plays with slavery and customer relations,” comments a French newspaper.

For its part a newspaper Sunday magazine notes that, despite numerous criticisms of the state of the economy, as well as the management of the earthquake in Turkey in February, Erdogan continues to personify “stability” factor in Turkey.

ABOUT Jean Marcouprofessor at the University of Grenoble and researcher at the French Institute of Oriental Studies in Istanbul, notes in the newspaper the perseverance of the Turkish president during his election campaign:The greatness of Turkey“, citing as an argument the diplomatic role of the country” in its context war in Ukrainewhere his mediation efforts between Kiev and Moscow put him back at the center of the diplomatic game.

The same newspaper refers to Erdogan’s son-in-law Mr. Seljuk Bayractardescribing him as “the face of a Turkish organization and beyond” who “eventually received the status of a national hero” and could be promoted to high office or run for mayor of Istanbul.

The analyst also cites possible implications for France’s relations with Turkey. Jean Dominic Mercer In his newspaper article Opinion emphasizing that the President of France Emmanuel Macron wants to revive relations with Erdogan, but also that an increasingly nationalist Turkey is a difficult but inevitable partner for France.

It is reported that Macron and Erdogan may meet on Thursday, June 1, on the occasion of the meeting of the new European Political Community in Chisinau, Moldova, and will also meet again at the NATO summit on July 11 and 12 in Vilnius, Lithuania.

Instead of an Islamist, the re-elected Erdogan will be more nationalist than ever, according to the French newspaper, because, as they say, he does not have a supranational vision of a community of believers that would exceed the interests of Turkey, and he is not a pure ideologist, even if he has strong convictions.

Newspaper Liberation Finally, in her publication entitled “Erdogan forever” emphasizes that the Turkish leader is a mixture of nationalism and religious fundamentalism, highlighting the opposition’s inability to compete with him and the disappointment of a large part of the Turkish population after the final results.

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