Article TR3B At least Turkey's tragic politics gives material to comics artists

At least Turkey's tragic politics gives material to comics artists

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Ozge Samanci
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DareToDisappoint.jpgTurkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's Justice and Development party (AKP) won a majority in the parliamentary polls on November 1st, so his party will be in office for four more years. Turkey has been ruled by Erdogan's party since 2002, and newspapers like The New York Times and The Guardian have called him dictator. Recently a Finnish journalist asked Erdogan if he is a dictator. Erdogan replied: "If I was a dictator, you would not be able to ask this question."

The dictator won his title with a series of tragedies and absurdities that have negatively impacted many residents of Turkey. Here are a few of them.

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