The message and the sender do not really want to go together: Recep Tayyip Erdogan wants to improve the human rights situation in Turkey.

The President announced this in Ankara on Tuesday.

An “action plan” is intended to strengthen the rule of law and freedom of expression over a period of two years.

Freedom fighter Erdogan?

An autocrat who suddenly finds his way back onto the path of democracy?

Hardly likely.

As surprising as his words sound, they are hypocritical.