The Birth of a Leader – Recep Tayyip Erdoğan

Beschreibung

Individual courage is both a natural response and a challenge to elitist societies. We need people of integrity who are prepared to stand up for justice and fair play. Someone of this quality, fuelled by a desire for decent values, can become outraged by the moral weakness of their opponents. As modernization tends to marginalize and exclude traditional structures, there is a tendency to undervalue or even ignore some of their underlying core concepts. In this context a virtue like bravery can seem to have little place in the modern world, a tendency identified by Marx as a typical example of capitalist inauthenticity. However, in the eyes of the people, Tayyip Erdoğan’s roots in Kasımpaşa assure his authenticity. The register of births both confirms his birthright and proves that he is truly one of the people. Tayyip Erdoğan is only too aware of the significance of his origins, and it seems appropriate that he is one of them, as he courageously sets out on his mission in life.