Erdogan swears as president. At the Ministry General of the Economy

The signs should not be underestimated those coming from Ankara, where today Recep Tayyip Erdogan has again sworn in as president, the first in the history of Turkey with the The powers given to it by the latest revision of the Constitution removed the last democratic counterweight that could still try to oppose the excessive power of the lone man in command.

The settlement arrived a few hours after the last decrees promulgated under the emergency law that was in Turkey. force for two years and with today is revoked. A step towards the return to "normalcy", but on the other hand also the recognition that, with the coming into force of the strong-Turkish presidentialism, Erdogan will no longer need this law to govern, but will be able to exploit the powers granted to it by the Constitution.

Just from the formation of the government, now the task of the President of the Republic, some of the first novelties arrive. Erdogan announced that he does not want political ministers, organic to the party – and from elsewhere, the role can no longer be held by elected deputies -. But fidelity to him is not and will not be in question.

On the other hand two novelties come, both relevant. In the list of ministers published in the evening, there is also the name of Berat Albayrak, son-in-law of Erdogan who was already in the previous government, Energy and Natural Resources. For the man that many see as the president's natural heir is an important leap: he will now be in control of the Economics chapter, at a time when inflation and the devaluation of the lira are among the most critical chapters for Ankara.

The second novelty is the cancellation of the Foreign Ministry, created at a time when the possibility that Turkey is part of the European Union still seemed a viable path. Now merged with Foreign Affairs

In recent years, relations between Brussels and Ankara have become much more complex in many respects, from terrorism to the question of visas required by Turks to travel to Europe, to controversy. Erdogan was kicked out by the countries of the old continent where they had come to talk to citizens residing abroad.

Less than twenty-four hours after the inauguration, 18 thousand other officials were fired in what is only the latest in a series of ramblings that, in the past two years, have ruled out any possibility of dissension. The oaths of the parliamentary opposition remained silent in protest. "The country is turning the page, we are moving to a new system to keep growing," said Erdogan during a ceremony at the presidential palace. The "new Turkey" is on us. But it looks a lot like a movie already seen.