An ancient Turkish proverb says:
When a clown moves into a palace, he doesn’t become a sultan.
The palace becomes a circus.
I recall that proverb, seemingly every election we have.
Though it applies more generally: Places are what you make of them.
Turkish proverb about clowns in palaces
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Is the reverse true:
“When a sultan moves into a circus, he doesn’t become a clown. The circus becomes a palace.
A modern Turkish proverb”
If Sultan decides to move into a circus with intent to transform it into a palace , then he is unfit to be called a Sultan ; and people who chose him deserve to be led by him …..
This is not an old Turkish proverb. Or even a modern one. The phrase was coined by a British writer, Elizabeth Bangs.
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