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[*] posted on 6-16-2022 at 05:52 AM


Quote: Originally posted by LancairDriver  
I admire Turkey’s leader Recep Erdogan. He doesn’t take any guff from the US and goes his own way in the best interests of his country. Turkey is a very interesting part of the world.

[Edited on 6-16-2022 by LancairDriver]


That's an unusual opinion. He's effectively a dictator. His major opposition candidate was recently sentenced to 5 years in prison for Twitter posts insulting him and his government.

In 2017:

"Erdoğan declared himself the winner of a nationwide referendum that all but brings Turkish democracy to an end. The vast new powers granted to Erdoğan—wide control over the judiciary, broad powers to make law by decree, the abolition of the office of the Prime Minister and of Turkey’s parliamentary system—effectively make him a dictator. Under the new rules, Erdoğan will be able to run for two more five-year terms, giving him potentially another decade in power, at least. With a vote by the now truncated parliament, he would be able to run for yet another term, one that would end in 2034. By then, he’ll be an old man.

The voting took place in a government-created atmosphere of violence, intimidation, and fear. Turks campaigning against the referendum were attacked and even shot at. For much of the past year, Erdoğan’s government has been working to stamp out what remained of the democratic opposition to his rule. Since July, some forty thousand people have been detained, including a hundred and fifty journalists. A hundred thousand government employees have been fired, and a hundred and seventy-nine television stations, newspapers, and other media outlets have been closed. Many opposition leaders are in jail. That’s not an environment conducive to asking a populace what it wants."

https://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/turkeys-vote-makes-...


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[*] posted on 6-16-2022 at 06:38 AM


Quote: Originally posted by SFandH  
Quote: Originally posted by LancairDriver  
I admire Turkey’s leader Recep Erdogan. He doesn’t take any guff from the US and goes his own way in the best interests of his country. Turkey is a very interesting part of the world.

[Edited on 6-16-2022 by LancairDriver]


That's an unusual opinion. He's effectively a dictator. His major opposition candidate was recently sentenced to 5 years in prison for Twitter posts insulting him and his government.


Erdogan is a despot, a dictator, a stain on humanity.
It is incomprehensible how an American can support Erdogan,… but is also par for the course with MAGA ******s.




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[*] posted on 6-16-2022 at 06:52 AM


Quote: Originally posted by mtgoat666  
Quote: Originally posted by SFandH  
Quote: Originally posted by LancairDriver  
I admire Turkey’s leader Recep Erdogan. He doesn’t take any guff from the US and goes his own way in the best interests of his country. Turkey is a very interesting part of the world.

[Edited on 6-16-2022 by LancairDriver]


That's an unusual opinion. He's effectively a dictator. His major opposition candidate was recently sentenced to 5 years in prison for Twitter posts insulting him and his government.


Erdogan is a despot, a dictator, a stain on humanity.
It is incomprehensible how an American can support Erdogan,… but is also par for the course with MAGA ******s.


Trump is a big fan of Erdogan. They think alike.




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