JOHN CHUCKMAN'S GROTESQUES: ERDOGAN - TURKEY'S RECEP IS A SCARY PIECE OF WORK - SEETHING WITH INTENSE HATREDS AND ABLE TO TURN ON A DIME - HE RECENTLY BUILT HIMSELF A ONE THOUSAND-ROOM PALACE OF BREATHTAKING UGLINESS - HE OFTEN MAKES CONTRADICTORY STATEMENTS WITHIN DAYS - HE PERSECUTES JOURNALISTS WHO REVEAL ANY UNACKNOWLEDGED TRUTH ABOUT HIS GOVERNMENT - HE IS A SERIOUSLY UNBALANCED MIND GOVERNING A MAJOR COUNTRY - YET HE CAN PLAY DANGEROUS GAMES AS PART OF NATO AND SOME PUSH FOR HIM TO JOIN THE EU