The magician’s best assistant is a distraction – this is one of the most important rules in the art of illusion. It is not known whether Recep Tayyip Erdo?an cares about David Copperfield or white rabbits. But on the political stage, hardly anyone has mastered the art of tricks and diversionary maneuvers better than he does.

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