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Erdogan is trying to put into place the "Managed Democracy" that Putin has imposed on Russia, wherein a fig-leaf of controlled media (while allowing a few ineffective opposition outlets to exist as long as they remain ineffective) and sham elections keep the dictator in power indefinitely. 

Erdogan sees how Putin is able to control the message and the political process while looting the nation and he wants that for himself. 

It's no coincidence that he is cozying up to Putin. 

Expel Turkey from NATO and end any ties to the EU. 

Dictatorships have no place in NATO or the EU. 

Let him try to build the Turkish economy with Russia as his partner. 

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