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Democracy declared fallen in Turkey

Jaskalas

Jaskalas

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Erdogan: "Democracy, freedom and the rule of law," have "absolutely no value any longer"


I have been watching these developments for some time. As alarm bells started to ring, as they started actively supporting Islamic terrorism, and as they started waging war on free media and, ultimately, on free elections.

Now Turkey has descended so far that Erdogan declares any opposition or dissent is to be treated as terrorism. The media has his back... because there's none left that don't answer to him.

Erdogan declares that the rule of law is over. That Democracy ends with him.
What bleak future do the Turkish people hold now?

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Major Questions

  • Are these temporary war powers, or a new permanent ruling?
  • How should the international community respond?

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Supporting Links
Main Headline (independent.co.uk)
 
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compuwiz1 said:
No, that would be that neocon, Hillary, douche baggie.
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I doubt that the prospect of war depends on who wins this election. Every one who was alive during the last great war is dying off. Soon, there will be almost no one left alive on the entire planet who remembers the horrors of global total war. Who do you really want to be in charge then?
 
lopri said:
Why the Turks and the Kurds are at each other's throat?
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Religion, and they want their own country to practice it in, of course.

Where is our new guy that is the Turkish Kurd Muslim radical at when ya need him ?
 
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compuwiz1 said:
So I didn't agree with you and so you called me a racist? Hoo wah! Straight out of the liberal playbook.
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I do not think you were the one he was calling a racist.

I'd think with that title you'd know better than that, and not start spewing liberal, etc.
 
lopri said:
Why the Turks and the Kurds are at each other's throat?
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It might be considered that the Turks are occupying Kurdish land. So there is a violent clash where Turkey does not recognize any Kurdish independence. In that battle there is a great deal of blood spilled on both sides and in recent escalations Erdogan is reaching to both consolidate power and take the gloves off.

This is Turkey with a war face and war powers.

Someone might argue that something is lost in the translation... maybe Erdogan doesn't intend for this martial tyranny to last forever... but if that's true it's missing in the news I've seen.

When was the last time a world leader declared an end to Democracy, Freedom, and Rule of Law?
 
Wow. History in the making. Sucks for the turks. I guess they tried (and succeeded for many years) but Islam just isn't compatible with western ideas - eventually, fundamentalism rises to the surface and wins.

The situation with the kurds is one that they have made. Politically, it serves the rulers as an "always at war" excuse to demolish liberty.
 
Jaskalas said:
Erdogan: "Democracy, freedom and the rule of law," have "absolutely no value any longer"


I have been watching these developments for some time. As alarm bells started to ring, as they started actively supporting Islamic terrorism, and as they started waging war on free media and, ultimately, on free elections.

Now Turkey has descended so far that Erdogan declares any opposition or dissent is to be treated as terrorism. The media has his back... because there's none left that don't answer to him.

Erdogan declares that the rule of law is over. That Democracy ends with him.
What bleak future do the Turkish people hold now?
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Isn't this one of the countries the fringe left points to in order to prove how civilized the middle east is?

Then again, we are about to elect a fascist or a sociopath that will snuff out any remaining shreds of our democracy, so who are we to talk?
 
Erdogan vows to punish thought crimes

“There is no difference between a terrorist with a gun and bomb in his hand and those who use their work and pen to support terror. The fact that an individual could be a deputy, an academic, an author, a journalist or the director of an NGO [nongovernmental organization] does not change the fact that that person is a terrorist.”
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There are some interesting details in that one. Including tidbits on Erdogan's early days from 2002 when he sang a much different tune.
 
Dear American holy rollers,


Please refer to this Turkish example on why your theocratic aspirations are persona non grata in this secular democracy.

Poor Turkey. They made a lot of headway before Erdogan decided to pull this shit and are no going in reverse. It's a wonderful country, and they have my sympathy.
 
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