Arab Spring, French Autumn | Gatestone Institute

In Erdogan’s Turkey, „protestors“ could hold signs honoring the terrorists who had perpetrated the Paris attacks, as well as Osama bin Laden. No one was prosecuted under the articles of the Turkish Penal Code that regulate „praising crime and criminals.“

The two Turkish leaders do not hide their ambitions of building a „mildly Islamist“ Sunni regime in Syria. Hoping that „mild Islamists“ may one day morph into secular, pro-democracy crowds is an extremely dangerous deception, designed to advance Islamism. „Mild Islamists“ often morph into jihadists.