𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐢𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐭𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐇𝐢𝐭𝐥𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐄𝐫𝐝𝐨𝐠𝐚𝐧;

𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐢𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐭𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐇𝐢𝐭𝐥𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐄𝐫𝐝𝐨𝐠𝐚𝐧;

1) Both had problematic childhoods.

2) Both came from poor families.

3) Both Jailed;
𝐇𝐢𝐭𝐥𝐞𝐫: 1923
𝐄𝐫𝐝𝐨𝐠𝐚𝐧: 1998

4) Elected;
𝐇𝐢𝐭𝐥𝐞𝐫: 1933
𝐄𝐫𝐝𝐨𝐠𝐚𝐧: 2014

5) Chosen man of the year by Time Magazine;
𝐇𝐢𝐭𝐥𝐞𝐫: 1938
𝐄𝐫𝐝𝐨𝐠𝐚𝐧: 2010

6) Both have similar propaganda strategies;
𝐇𝐢𝐭𝐥𝐞𝐫: Glorifying himself by using his image on postcards, posters, and in the press
𝐄𝐫𝐝𝐨𝐠𝐚𝐧: Glorifying himself by using his image on billboards, channels and on social media

7) No Education - both bigots;
𝐇𝐢𝐭𝐥𝐞𝐫: In 1905 dropped out of high school
𝐄𝐫𝐝𝐨𝐠𝐚𝐧: Never went to university, (he has a fake university diploma)

8) Censorship;
𝐇𝐢𝐭𝐥𝐞𝐫: Closing down or taking over anti-Nazi newspapers
𝐄𝐫𝐝𝐨𝐠𝐚𝐧: Closing down or taking over anti-Erdogan newspapers and TV channels

9) Book Burnings;
𝐇𝐢𝐭𝐥𝐞𝐫: Nazi Book Burnings 1933
𝐄𝐫𝐝𝐨𝐠𝐚𝐧: Anti Erdogan Book Burning 2017

10) Control freak;
𝐇𝐢𝐭𝐥𝐞𝐫: Banning Germans from Listening to Foreign Radio - 1939
𝐄𝐫𝐝𝐨𝐠𝐚𝐧: Banning and shutting down the biggest newspaper in Turkey (Zaman) - 2016

11) Alleged coup attempt;
𝐇𝐢𝐭𝐥𝐞𝐫: February 27, 1933
𝐄𝐫𝐝𝐨𝐠𝐚𝐧: July 15, 2016

12) Paramilitary Army;
𝐇𝐢𝐭𝐥𝐞𝐫: The SS marked its foundation on November 9, 1925
𝐄𝐫𝐝𝐨𝐠𝐚𝐧: Created his own special army called SADAT on February 2, 2012

13) Jailed his opponents;
𝐇𝐢𝐭𝐥𝐞𝐫: On November 8–9, 1923, Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party led a coalition group in an attempt to overthrow the German government.
𝐄𝐫𝐝𝐨𝐠𝐚𝐧: Jailed one of his biggest opponents Selahattin Demirtaş, former co-chair of the Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP), was among MPs jailed on November 4, 2016.

14) Threats towards Europe;
𝐇𝐢𝐭𝐥𝐞𝐫: Threatened the invasion of occupied France
𝐄𝐫𝐝𝐨𝐠𝐚𝐧: Warned that “Europeans will not walk safely on the streets” if diplomatic row continues

15) Last but not least;
𝐇𝐢𝐭𝐥𝐞𝐫: Ugly af
𝐄𝐫𝐝𝐨𝐠𝐚𝐧: Also Ugly af

𝐈𝐧 𝟐𝟎𝟏𝟖, 𝐄𝐫𝐝𝐨𝐠𝐚𝐧 𝐬𝐚𝐢𝐝 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐩𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐚𝐬 𝐇𝐢𝐭𝐥𝐞𝐫.