Does it matter that Recep Tayyip Erdogan has just named as his chief adviser a former journalist who alleges that foreign powers have tried to kill the Turkish prime minister by telekinesis?
Here are some reasons why Tuesday’s appointment of Yigit Bulut, a Sorbonne graduate who has also alleged that Lufthansa is plotting against Turkey may be of relevance.
One of the big questions asked about the country these days is whether Erdogan really believes the conspiracy theories he has invoked, in which he has blamed the country’s mass protests on a murky “interest rate lobby”, the international media and foreign forces.
Bulut has been a vigorous supporter of the interest rate lobby theory in his newspaper columns, in addition to alleging during the protests’ height in June that “there is a constant push for Mr Erdogan’s death through telekinesis, remote influence and many other efforts...”.
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