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Salazar ruled Portugal half a century after "three-F formula", it says: Fado, Fátima and football.
Can Dündaris editor-in-chief of Internet platform Özgürüz. He is now writing for Us Weekly about crisis in Turkey.
The Turkish president Erdoğan is turning to Salazar's footsteps.
He uses Fatima part of equation, i.e. religion, successfully since beginning of his political career. In relation to or two, music and football, he undertook this month's forays.
After start of military operation in Syria, he travelled with a group of singers near war zone in Hatay earlier this month, where he had m appear to lift morale of fight. As opposition leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu, all artists who Sängen and played music as long as pain over fallen was still fresh, accused as "infamous gang", a debate broke loose. The singers in Erdoğan's accompaniment competed to explain how properly y are doing and how democratic country is. Opposition artists, on or hand, pointed to financial motives of this gang of hearts, namely interests that some musicians associate with government. Now re are in Turkey "palace singers" on one hand and "singers of People" on or. Erdoğan has succeeded in splitting stages as well.
Then came third "F" to series, football. Erdoğan, who at a young age dreamed of becoming a football player and played actively for many years, joined party congress in Istanbul district of Başakşehir for club of same name. Immediately before critical game against Galatasaray, he called fans to grandstands. Başakşehir is government's favorite team. Her president is a son-in-law of Erdoğan's. His wife runs Erdoğan's office in Istanbul. Already 2014, Erdoğan personally opened stadium of Başakşehir, he slipped into team's jersey, ran with famous football players and stayed a quarter of an hour on court. All passes were leaked to him, he scored three goals. Now Erdoğan has had his own team, as well as Mussolini, Franco and Ceauşescu ir team.
This article comes from time No. 17/2018. Here you can read entire output.The match, to which he called fans to stadium, took place on last Sunday. The president's call made all his opponents support Galatasaray. At one time, game had become a measure of strength between government and opposition. The Galatasaray fans greeted Başakşehir players with slogan: "We are soldiers of Mustafa Kemal (Atatürk)". After match that won Galatasaray 2:0, chairman of "Good Party", Meral Akşener, tweeted: "Galatasaray: 2, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan: 0". And satire portal Zaytung announced arrest warrants for players who had scored goals against Başakşehir.
It looks like it is not as easy for Erdoğan in football as it is for or two "F". The regime with sole ruler, Unity Party and Unity Media works, but "Unity team" is lagging.
From Turkish by Sabine Adatepe
Date Of Update: 22 April 2018, 12:02
