Turkey is not “Asian” only in terms of economic energy and rapid growth: it is also Asian in a more political sense, with the rising temptation of a form of “Oriental despotism.” Indeed, for many years, domestic critics of Erdoğan’s government have been denouncing what they describe as the “Putinization” of the regime.
因此，今天威胁土耳其的正是土耳其自己。土耳其不仅在经济活力和快速增长等意义上越来越靠近“亚洲”，它的亚洲化还具有更多的政治意义，实行某种形式的“东方专制主义”越来越有诱惑力。实际上很多年来，埃尔多安政府的国内批评者一直在对政府所谓的“普京化”加以谴责。