The '' '' withdrawal 'of the United States of' champion Liberal Democratic values' has encouraged leaders, such as the Turkish president, to slide into authoritarianism, has warned an expert.
Turkey has turned great civil unrest for more than a week after the arrest of the popular mayor of Istanbul and opposition politician Ekrem Imamoglu.
In a destructive assessment, a teacher at King's College London claimed that President Trump's recent actions have encouraged Erdoğan and other leaders to use brutal methods to resolve a deviation of deviating opinions.
The unrest began after Mr Imamoglu had been taken into custody, only a few days before he was formally nominated as the Republican People's Party (CHP) 2028 presidential nominated. The vote continued and he assured the candidacy with more than 15 million votes.
Since his detention, an estimated one million Turks went on the street throughout the country with the Red Crescent Moon flag of Turkey and calls for his release.
The demonstrators also want to make their opposition against Turkey's Strongman -leader Recep Tayyip Erdoğan clear, whose grip on power has only become tighter after his more than 20 years in power.
In response, Erdoğan initiated a brutal performance against the largely peaceful demonstrations that more than a thousand arrested people have seen, banning mass meetings and the use of water cannons and pepper spray by the police.
Despite the fact that Amnesty International condemns Erdoğan's action as a 'blatant abuse' about freedom of expression, world leaders are not so fast to criticize his actions.
President Donald Trump outside the White House with a Maga -Pet. In a destructive assessment, a teacher at King's College London claimed that the withdrawal of US from democratic values has encouraged other leaders to use brutal methods to resolve against deviating opinions
Turkey's Strongman leader Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, who has been in charge of the country since 2003, has started a brutal performance against massademonstrations in his country
Demonstrants relieve relief during collisions in Ankara. Great civil unrest has turned Turkey upside down for more than a week after the arrest of the popular mayor of Istanbul and opposition politician Ekrem Imamoglu
A riot police officer kicks a demonstrator while bumping during a protest in Istanbul. Erdoğan has initiated a brutal performance against the largely peaceful demonstrations that have arrested more than a thousand people, forbidding mass meetings and the use of water cannons and pepper spray by the police
One of the few reactions comes from European President Ursula von der Leyen who gave a lukewarm command for Turkey to maintain his democratic values.
Dr. Andi Hoxhaj told MailOnline that the lack of response from the international community has major consequences in Turkey.
He said: “Erdoğan now feels more encouraged, and other leaders with authoritarian tendencies – after the US withdrew from democratic values - and now they feel that there are fewer consequences such as the will of Erdoğan and others attack democratic norms.”
Moreover, Dr. Hoxhaj pointed out that President Trump America stopped financing various democratic watchdogs and NGOs, such as Freedom House, and has dropped various human rights and democratic monitoring instruments.
“That has translated that we don't care as much as ten years ago to maintain democratic values,” he said.
It is not only the US who may have unknowingly encouraged Turkey's reaction to the protests.
Dr. Hoxhaj said: “The European Union, which usually democratic values champion, is not seen as supporting the protests for the values on which the EU was founded, such as in Turkey, where its interests are woven into managing migrations.
They therefore look the other way to issues that call the protests. '
Unrest in Turkey started last week after the arrest of Ekrem Imamoglu (photo)
Trumppand Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zenskyy who argued last month in the Oval Office.
Confront the Turkish riot police police demonstrators in Istanbul. Despite the fact that Amnesty International condemns Erdoğan's actions as a 'blatant abuse' about freedom of expression, world leaders are not so fast to criticize his actions
Dr. Andi Hoxhaj (photo) said: 'Erdoğan now feels more encouraged, and other leaders with authoritarian tendencies – after the US withdrew from democratic values - and now they have the feeling that there are fewer consequences'
Without the West Champion Democratic values, this also means that the protests are not encouraged to put more pressure on the government.
The modern geopolitics of Europe also plays an important role in this reaction.
With the growing tensions within NATO, which Turkey is a Member State, about the calls of Trump for Europeans to increase their defense expenditure, in combination with the increased gap between the views of the Western countries about the Russian invasion of Ukraine, there is more incentive not to criticize the member states.
Especially in the light of the fact that the large army of Turkey, which is the second largest in NATO, plays a major role in European safety, not only for Ukraine, but also in the middle East.
Dr. Hoxhaj said: 'Erdoğan has now seen himself as an important important strategic partner in terms of IT, say within NATO and how it works on Ukraine and Syria.
“So, even if he interrupts democratic standards, the umbrella geopolitical objectives to have a peaceful result in Ukraine and a smooth transition in Syria, there is less pressure on Turkey when it continues in undemocratic practices.”
Turkey is not the only country that has seen great protests in recent weeks.
In not so uneven scenes, Serbs took to the streets in massive meetings in the capital Belgrade of the country.
Erdoğan with President Zenskyy in February. With regard to Ukraine, Turkey is an important NATO player because of the large army
Erdoğan with interim president Ahmad al-Sharaa last month with Syria. The geopolitical role of Turkey also extends from beyond Europe to the center -East, which is partly the reason why criticism of Erdoğan's actions is damped
Serbs protest against corruption earlier this month. Just like Erdoğan, the president of Serbia has led a brutal performance against the demonstrators – including the alleged use of a sound cannon to spread protesters
They must protest against corruption and the autocratic turn of the old leader Aleksandar Vucic of the country.
Just like Erdoğan, Vucic has led a brutal performance against the demonstrators – including the alleged use of a sound gun to spread protesters.
Although Dr. Hoxhaj acknowledges that the country seems to be about to be a new election, this result was done without support from the European Union that has not expressed any support for the protests.
He said that this was due to the interests of the block in a large lithium deal for batteries between the EU and Serbia – which has an estimated lithium reserve up to 158 million tons.
The reaction to large protests is in stark contrast to the soft reaction of today of Western countries.
In 2013, when Erdoğan had to deal with similar protests in the Gezi Park of Istanbul about its authoritarian tendencies and control over the media, the EU responded strictly by temporarily suspending Turkey's accession in the block.
In another example, the EU support for the Euromaidan demonstrations of Ukraine in 2014 led to the resignation of the President of the province of Viktor Yanukovoorner.
At the time, a EU official said that they were “happy that democracy has reached in Ukraine.”
A demonstrator waves a Turkish flag next to police officers in riot equipment during a protest against the detention of the mayor of Istanbul Ekrem Imamoglu
This is not because of the lack of influence in every country, where DR Hoxhaj indicates that the EU continues to have enough tools to support the reforms of the democratic and rules to put sufficient pressure on world leaders. '
But because of the aforementioned changes in modern geopolitical dynamics.
In addition, Dr. Hoxhaj ensures that some leaders have learned from Playbook, Russia, about how to tackle different opinions and to prevent control.
Because we have to learn that we've been Putin for more than two decades in exchange for favorable gas deals, hoping to control him and ultimately to bring about change in Russia, “he said.
“However, we should not think that such an approach could work, because both leaders in Hungary and Serbia show clear signs of autocracy and shift to Putin's style of administrative style.”
