"While democratic governance is an ideal of the Turkish Republic, no systematic effort has been made to instill democratic values ​​among the Turkish public. "Obedience to a strong leader," "obedience to the state," has always been a crucial element in the educational curriculum. Military coups, occurring almost every decade, have denied democracy the opportunity to develop and take root. Citizens have forgotten, or have been made to forget, that the state exists for the people, not the other way around. It's safe to say that President Erdoğan has capitalized on this social psychology."