Erdogan's growing closeness to Putin is alarming for most Turks who believe that Putin is for Putin, and would do anything to undermine US' interest in the Middle East, weaken the US-EU alliance, and destabilize NATO. Co-opting Erdogan is a part of Putin's sinister scheme. Working closely with Iran's leader, along with Putin, in the search for a solution to the Syrian crisis and deliberately excluding the US from the process offers another glaring example of how far Erdogan will go to defy his Western allies.
Some say that the result of the local elections is indeed harmful to Erdogan politically but will not undermine him in the long run. I disagree. Given the public dismay and resentment of his brutal governing, the beginning of the end of Erdogan's era has begun, and his downfall is all but sealed; the only question is how soon.
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