Yes, obviously just switching to direct democracy without anything else changing would be disastrous. First of all, the workplace would have to become democratic (I.e. Socialist) before that could happen.

It's not bizarre because Turkey was undermining NL's sovereignty .

Also, I believe that this move was premeditated to help Geert Wilders. Whom, have the same goal as Kremlin to topple EU.

All this talk about Turkey made me remember my days in school. I had a Turkish math professor that was a real badass.

You see now how 2-faced the West is. They can smile to you, shake hands, and then hit you in the back.

They did it with Gaddafy, who were accepted by the West. To Asad. Now trying to do the same to Erdogan.

Also I glad that our countries were smart enough to not let incident with Russian jet arise to a direct confrontation between Russia and Turkey. I hope our countries relations will improve.

Some Turkish people living in Italy call him Merdogan

I don't understand hunger for power - human life is short, in just a few decades he will be gone, why waste your short time when you can do pleasant things instead.

Sooo...when was the last time foreign diplomats went to Russia in order to organize rallies during a major russian election?

Stop asking Turkish about his opinions on the matter. It's wise for Turks to not to express displeasure with Erdogan's actions if they care about their safety.

I bet he used the netherlands rotterdam incident as leverage aswell. Sigh... i hate dictators and middle east is still fertile ground for them.

No... I was talking about this http://www.economist.com/news/middle-east-and-africa/21716563-high-court-may-yet-strike-it-down-israels-parliament-passes-controversial

America is run by lobbyists. Lobbyists are up for grabs for who pays more and god knows what else. Be it Israelis' or Saudis' money. Anyone can up their stakes in America and play a part in the American decision-making process.