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*By Theodore Karakostas
The following letter is in response to the commentary, “Turkey’s Wild Elections” by Jude Russo (April 4). Mr. Russo is completely wrong in describing Turkish President Erdogan as a “moderate Islamist”.
This entire commentary reads like the traditional neoconservative propaganda that was common during the days of Turkey’s Kemalist era. Indeed, Turkey under Erdogan continues to be favored by the foreign policy establishment that includes liberal internationalists and neoconservatives alike.
Columbia University published an entire report documenting Turkey’s support for the Islamic State. President Erdogan ordered the conversion of the Greek Orthodox Cathedral of Hagia Sophia into a Mosque despite international protests by secular historians and Christians alike. More seriously, the Erdogan government has imported jihadists from Syria and Libya to Nagorno-Karabakh where the Turks helped their Azeri allies slaughter Armenian Christians.