Donald Tusk Advises Erdogan a ‘Thicker Skin’ Against Criticism
- As Donald Tusk, the President of the European Council, visited a refugee camp in Turkey with Chancellor Angela Merkel, he suggested the Turkish leader need to develop a thicker skin against criticism.
Donald
Tusk, the former Prime Minister of Poland and current President of the
European Council, told reporters that, during his political career, he
learned not to expect the press to "treat him with special care, quite
the opposite". In his own words, he accepted he needed to grow a "thick
skin" towards criticism and suggested Turkish President Erdogan do the
same.
Talking on the topic of criticism, he recalled his own
imprisonment in the 1980s for opposing Poland's communist government.
Tusk noted that Erdogan too, had been imprisoned in 1999 for criticizing
Turkey's then rulers. However, now that he is in power, Erdogan has
become remarkably sensitive to criticism against his own actions and
policies, going as far as demanding foreign states prosecute their own
people — a demand which Europe seems to bow.
Erdogan's sharp reaction to criticism has become a significant obstacle in the EU-Turkey migrant deal —
a diplomatic attempt to solve the migrant crisis problem. Turkey aims
to achieve travelling visa privileges, but the European Parliament is
reluctant to approve its side of the bargain, considering the state
of freedom of speech and freedom of press in Turkey.
Prosecutors in Turkey have opened more than 1,800 cases
against people for insulting Erdogan since he became president in 2014,
the justice minister said last month. Those targeted include
journalists, cartoonists and even children. Many EU lawmakers responded
with criticism on those measures, which include the recent lawsuit
against a German comedian.
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- Muslimer har ingen humor, skrattar inte, Koranen är tydlig, gravallvar gäller. Erdogan är en gravt belastad sunni-/ISIS-islamist, och sådana tål inte minsta kritik.
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