'L'Etat C'est Moi" - A just Sultan makes good out of bad laws: Erdoğan

'L'Etat C'est Moi" - A just Sultan makes good out of bad laws: Erdoğan. (HD).

President Erdoğan attacks a recent court ruling halting a contentious port privatization, arguing that the ruler - not necessarily the laws - ensures justice in a country.

The laws of a country are relatively unimportant provided that the ruler who applies them is just, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said Nov. 24, in an indirect criticism of a recent court ruling that is set to again raise concerns about growing authoritarianism in Turkey.

“It is the state that preserves [the equality of] rights among its people, that is to say, if it builds its laws on rights, justice will manifest itself there,” Erdoğan said during a speech at the “Women and Justice Summit,” hosted by the Women and Democracy Association (KADEM).

His remarks came as he was arguing how certain court rulings are almost like “treason” against the country, citing a ruling by the Council of State concerning Istanbul’s Salıpazarı Port Area project, commonly known as Galataport.

“However, there is a beautiful saying that some attribute to Confucius, while others attribute to [Islamic caliph] Omar: ‘No matter how bad laws are, if they are held by a just sultan then they lead to fine results; no matter how good the laws are, if they are held by a brutal sultan then they lead to injustice.' Here, we see the same thing,” Erdoğan said. Read the full story here.

Hmmmm..........

@MarietjeSchaake @BenjaminHarvey That's like saying there were lots of good Germans in 1933 Germany
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