Analysis: Erdogan cements his power with the dreams of a gorgeous turkey

Thus, the new presidential system is also introduced, giving Erdogan almost unlimited power and weakening democratic control functions. The new constitution was conducted by referendum last year, allowing Erdogan to continue to rule Turkey by 2029.

Now, the state of exemption, which gave to Edogan powers to clean more than 160,000 state employees, seized tens of thousands

Proponents of Euphoria

While the world and the opposition parties in Turkey are seduced by the development, Erdogan's supporters are euphoric today.

In their world, Erdogan is now going down in history as an even stronger leader than Father Atatürk of the Turkish Republic. Many of Erdogan's most fanatical supporters have something dreamy when they tell how the "great journey", the great leader, changed Turkey in the first place.

– In the "New Turkey", the "will of the people" prevails in a

So says the brave baker Mustafa in the district of Istanbul where I live when I recently had to swap a semicircle for breakfast.

"New Turkey"

With that "New Turkey" refers to Erdogan Turkey, which, unlike the ancient secular ideology of the state, strongly puts the 39, emphasis on conservative Sunni ideals embraced by the large peoples of Turkey

. President Erdogan has been dealing more and more in recent years.

Turchnationalism places more emphasis on the Turkish people than on religion. Minorities and the western world are considered the sworn enemies of the nation. Proponents of Turkmenism want an intransigence in the fight against the Kurdish PKK. In 2015, President Erdogan tried to negotiate peace with the PKK, as many nationalists have considered treason. But today the peace process is a mere memory and the Turkish army is waging a fierce war against the PKK even beyond the borders of Turkey

Cross Fertilization

Ideological Fertilization Between Religion and nationalism is generally called Turkish-Islamic synthesis. The Recipe for Erdoğan's Success

There is a strong utopian element in this world of thought, reflected in symbolic ceremonies today. Turkey will regain its glorious superpower position, as will the beautiful days of the Ottoman Empire. All the harm that is happening is due to the fact that the internal enemies and the outside world are conspiring to pay, because they can not accept such a strong Muslim and Turkish nation.

This often sounds like someone criticizing the lack of democracy and human rights in Turkey. We can probably expect that it is cold today.

President Erdogan and his supporters do not want a smolder in celebration of the day of the historic celebration, marking the end of Turkey's parliamentary democracy and all that he thinks about a new era for Turkey.