aaaand removed for click bait <| sep |> It ' s not even the content of the speech that amazes me , but the way he delivers it so effortlessly , like I was actually watching him in those times deliver it . Spectacular role he played there . <| sep |> You have to read the edict in the end of the day during the Conquest . Then , search for the Sage body in the SE corner , it ' s really hard to spot . <| sep |> Member of the 1199 I see this guy knows the secret <| sep |> I am not an expert of either Turkish or German conditions , but my probably simplified view is Erdogan declares state of emergency after terrorist attacks , giving himself more power . Merkel doesn ' t . Erdogan persecutes and imprisons his opponents . Merkel doesn ' t . Erdogan closes media which is critical to him . Merkel doesn ' t . Erdogan closes schools which are considered somehow not supportive enough . Merkel doesn ' t Erdogan gives powers to detain suspects for up to 30 days . Merkel doesn ' t Erdogan wants to remove the secular democracy in the country he rules and replace it with a religious constitution . Merkel doesn ' t Erdogan causes a number of Turkish citizens to apply for asylum in several European countries . Merkel doesn ' t . And so the list goes on and on . I don ' t think Erdogan is a dictator in a strict interpretation , as he is democratically elected . But it seems he is determined to twist and distort the democracy Turkey has had ? to fit his needs . As for media not being free , there are shades between free and not free . As for Germany I consider the media very much towards the free end of the scale , even though the German media probably is affected by political correctness to some degree and probably also wants to maintain easy access to politicians and officials . When it comes to Turkey currently the media is sadly somewhere towards the other end of the scale , as reporters reporting unpopular news are imprisoned and newspapers etc . are closed .