And still they get money from EU. Amazing, isn't it?
Because Turkey is/was sitting on a geographical goldmine during the cold war.
Given the risen tensions with Russia having a ally that can close the Bosporus/Turkish straight and deny Russian ships access to their Sevastopol port in Crimea is worth some financial "aid".
If a country choose your side they expect some compensation for not choosing the other side, ideology etc has little to do when it comes to foreign policies of a country.
Today they are also hosting refugee camps for the EU so the EU doesn't have to take in those refugees, and see even more right wing support.
Trump is the worst president in the last 100 years, but I'd have Erdogan as one of the few world leaders who is worse (along with Duterte, Kim Jong Un and Maduro).
Duterte has done a lot of good, sure i dont agree with his way of tackling drugs.
- He made a big subset of higher education free for Filipinos
- Has a lot of infrastructure project planned.
- Most importantly took a hard stance for all Filipino workers in the UAE, while the west did nothing or at best a light finger slap. Duterte made sure the UAE gave the Filipino workers some basic human rights.
I would say on balance he is more of a positive force for Filipino human rights then a negative one.
As far as overstaying his term, he says he doesn't want too, but that's a old play from the dictator hand guide.
Time will tell.