Anyone can see, if they really want to look, that, over the last five years or so, Turkey has moved backwards, away from the Democratic ideals of Ataturk, towards a backwards Islamic State.
I fully understand its relationship with its neighbours. It's failure to accede to the democratic ideals of the Eurpean Union is the biggest stumbling to its admission into that Union. IMHO,it is moving further away from those ideals.
