Erdogan Explains Everything About His Empire in One Awesome Display

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, whose latest drive to make kids learn Ottoman Turkish hasn’t gone over well with the Ataturk wing of Turkish society (or with their quest for EU membership), pulled out all of the stops to embellish his sultanate today. While welcoming Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas to Ankara, Erdogan hired 16 guys to dress as soldiers in various states of Turkdom over history, according to Hurriyet. Twitter took off…

I am officially announcing my retirement from satire, because there’s no way I can compete with this. No way. Done. pic.twitter.com/4Zo3NkIifc

— Karl Sharro (@KarlreMarks) January 12, 2015

Erdogan the final boss in the new Assassin’s Creed pic.twitter.com/sQllNvhaUj

— Nineb ن (@LondonAssyrian) January 12, 2015

This is glorious. No image could possibly better sum up the absurdity of the Erdogan regime. pic.twitter.com/0HzDNcsHJV

— ∆Ð∆M (@adambrayne7) January 12, 2015

The fact that Erdogan is taking inspiration from the Huns does explain a few things http://t.co/WMsO7FUYG5 pic.twitter.com/satZSmJZXs

— Oren Kessler (@OrenKessler) January 12, 2015

Pres Erdogan, Michael Jackson/Ceaucescu/Putin all rolled into one is his palace ‘Ottoman FantasyLand’ #TwitterKurds pic.twitter.com/A7ueLDx5Jh

— @Hevallo (@Hevallo) January 12, 2015

Spoiler alert: Erdogan and Abbas will be making cameo appearances in the next season of Game of Thrones. pic.twitter.com/hjO1nUp9Wx

— Gil Shefler (@Gilshefler) January 12, 2015

After hours of serious diplomatic talks, Erdogan & Abbas, attend opening of @MedievalTimes Ankara h/t @yesimcf pic.twitter.com/R7QsyMRMnP

— Borzou Daragahi (@borzou) January 12, 2015