Erdogan=another case study of how #Strongmen respond to crises. The priority is always self-preservation. "To deflect attention from his cronyism and incompetence, Erdogan has engaged in favorite autocratic activities: censoring people and locking them up. #TurkeyQuake 1/
The government's Twitter ban in the days following the quake, intended to silence criticism of his regime, made it more difficult for the public to find their loved ones and get advice from disaster management professionals. #turkeyearthquake2023 2/
It is important to crack down on contractors whose shoddy methods cost lives. 100 contractors have been detained across 10 provinces, and the Justice Ministry has established "earthquake crimes investigation units." 3/
Yet in an autocracy no one can detain or investigate the chief culprit, who has also centralized power to an extent that taking independent initiative, even in a national crisis, is frowned upon within his party and government. 4/
Erdogan alone must be the hero and the man of action. /FIN
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