Today, Erdoğan’s government looks much more like the governments against which young Arabs rose, targeting journalists and accusing a “high-interest-rate lobby” of speculators of seeking to harm the Turkish economy. He has also taken a page from Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s book, not only demonizing the demonstrators, but also going after the medical personnel who care for them and the hoteliers who shelter them.
如今，埃尔多安政府与阿拉伯青年奋起反抗的政府已经别无二致，它针对记者，指责投机者“高利率游说团”妄图伤害土耳其经济。他还援引叙利亚总统巴沙尔·阿萨德的书中的某页，不但把示威者妖魔化，也不放过为他们提供治疗和住宿的医务人员和旅馆经营者。