A Dictator in the Making: How Europe Is Failing Turkey

The arrest of Istanbul's Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu was not just a domestic crackdown — it was a loud warning to Europe, and a test Europe is failing.

In this new Juste Flamme article, we explore how Erdoğan's latest authoritarian move, and Europe's muted response, expose the West's growing moral hypocrisy. As Turkish citizens risk their lives to defend democracy, Brussels and Berlin choose polite concern over principled action — again.

Silence is not neutrality. It is complicity. And every day Europe chooses the comfort of inaction over the discomfort of confrontation, it is siding with the oppressor — not the oppressed. 

🔗 Read the full article on Substack