'Advanced Islamist Democracy' Turkey is no longer a democracy.

'Advanced Islamist Democracy' Turkey is no longer a democracy. (TZ).By Abdullah Bozkurt.

The open defiance of Turkey's Islamist rulers and their partisan hacks in the judiciary of the landmark court judgment that ordered the release of a wrongfully jailed senior journalist and dozens of anti-corruption investigators from long pre-trial detention is yet another clear piece of evidence that political Islamists in Turkey do not believe in the rule of law, fundamental rights and democracy at all.

The non-execution of the court order to release Hidayet Karaca, a veteran journalist and the general manager of leading national TV network Samanyolu in Turkey, also exposed the extent of the damage the four years of increasingly authoritarian misrule of political Islamists under the leadership of corrupt President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has done to most national institutions, including the judiciary and the civil service.

Erdoğan and his company of crooks must be terrified of the prospect of releasing the anti-corruption investigators who discovered his involvement in massive corruption schemes with Iranians as well as his hoarding of piles of cash from the billions of dollars that were funneled by Gulf patrons to radical groups in Syria.

For the first time in Turkey, a prosecutor has not enforced a court judgment, under immense pressure brought about by the government that played out in the open, with the chief prosecutor -- a political appointee put in place by the government-controlled judicial council -- rushing to the courthouse in the middle of night to stall the execution of the court order.

Turkey's transformation from a liberal market economy and democracy to an authoritarian Islamist rule under the stewardship of Erdoğan and his associates presents a more ominous threat to the vital interests of the Turkish nation.

This roll-back of democratic gains in the country also poses a significant challenge to Turkey's neighbors, partners and allies in ways even the military rulers in past coup eras were unable to do. 

Turkey, departing fast from democracy, cannot function as a reliable partner with either NATO or the EU because it will no longer be able to play the role of an active participant in regional and international economic, political and security forums.

For the Islamists in Turkey, the only game in the town is survival and they are ready to risk anything and everything to ensure their rule.  Hmmmm.....'Islamist Dictatorship'....End of the line. How long will Obama continue to protect his BFF? Read the full story here.