Turkey and the Dominican republic are fairly different countries. However they both have a very unfortunate thing in common, both nations have to deal with an over-zealous military and a history of popular dictators. We see in The Feast of the Goat by Mario Vargas Llosa a recounting of the Trujillo regime and the eventual the regimes eventual overthrow by concerned and unhappy members of the military. Similarly in Letter From Turkey: The Deep State By Dexter Filkins, we see an eerily similar situation unfolding in Turkey. In both The Feast of the Goat and Letter From Turkey: The Deep State we see several similarities between the two governments and the political situation. The two most evident trends are: the relationship between the ruling
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In chapter three we are given the perspective of Amado García Guerrero, a military officer and aides-de-camp to the infamous dictator Rafael Trujillo. He and many other prominent members of the military in this chapter are plotting to assassinate Trujillo. The chapter details how Trujillo had personally wronged Guerrero and how his whole family had fought against the Trujillo regime during it’s ascent to power. As well this chapter serves as a jumping off point for one of the greater storylines in the novel, that being the story of the assassins and members of the military who would ultimately assassinate and attempt to take over the Dominican …show more content…
Both of these regimes were wildly popular in their respective nations. We see this in the seventh chapter of The Feast of the Goat where ne of the main narrators bares witness to the full pageantry associated with cult of personality that surrounds the Rafael Trujillo and his family. In the case of turkey it is a little less blatant, yet the popularity of this regime is still evident. Specifically we see that despite very authoritarian steps taken by the Erdoğan government he and his party are still very securely in power. We also see similarities in the form of conflict with the military. In the case of the Erdoğan regime the article details the several attempts by the Turkish military and police to overthrow his government. In the case of Trujillo regime we see in chapter two the tip of a great military conspiracy that would ultimately succeeds in ousting Trujillo. The similarities of these regimes is remarkable especially keeping the distance they are apart in
In chapter three we are given the perspective of Amado García Guerrero, a military officer and aides-de-camp to the infamous dictator Rafael Trujillo. He and many other prominent members of the military in this chapter are plotting to assassinate Trujillo. The chapter details how Trujillo had personally wronged Guerrero and how his whole family had fought against the Trujillo regime during it’s ascent to power. As well this chapter serves as a jumping off point for one of the greater storylines in the novel, that being the story of the assassins and members of the military who would ultimately assassinate and attempt to take over the Dominican …show more content…
Both of these regimes were wildly popular in their respective nations. We see this in the seventh chapter of The Feast of the Goat where ne of the main narrators bares witness to the full pageantry associated with cult of personality that surrounds the Rafael Trujillo and his family. In the case of turkey it is a little less blatant, yet the popularity of this regime is still evident. Specifically we see that despite very authoritarian steps taken by the Erdoğan government he and his party are still very securely in power. We also see similarities in the form of conflict with the military. In the case of the Erdoğan regime the article details the several attempts by the Turkish military and police to overthrow his government. In the case of Trujillo regime we see in chapter two the tip of a great military conspiracy that would ultimately succeeds in ousting Trujillo. The similarities of these regimes is remarkable especially keeping the distance they are apart in