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Is Erdogan the sick man of Europe?
[Presidential Press Service via AP file photo] For decades, beginning in the 19th century, Europeans referred to the Ottoman Empire as “the sick man of Europe.” First sultans and then so-called reformers acting in their names sought autocratic power. The …