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riversedge

(70,204 posts)
Fri Apr 21, 2017, 02:22 AM Apr 2017

Turkish police invade court & arrest 70 lawyers This is the new Turkey Democratic, secular Turkey.

This is so horrible. Watch the film.


Buster Hyde USMC/Ret? @BusterUSMC 8h8 hours ago

Turkish police invade court & arrest 70 lawyers This is the new Turkey Democratic, secular Turkey...is truly dead








KSwa50? @noybsk2017 1h1 hour ago
Replying to @BusterUSMC

Trump congratulates Erdogan & invites him to the White House
Brutal Dictator
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HaikuGal? @HaikuVikingGal 2h2 hours ago
Replying to @BusterUSMC @CodieneC

This is scary.
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Luna Sea? @AnitaJu72095896 1h1 hour ago
Replying to @BusterUSMC @RobbieRae61

Absolutely disgusting and even more disgusting that the slime in our WH sent congratulations
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Turkish police invade court & arrest 70 lawyers This is the new Turkey Democratic, secular Turkey. (Original Post) riversedge Apr 2017 OP
The sad thing is Turkey is now even more backwards than it was under Ataturk ansible Apr 2017 #1
This is chilling and frightening.... Pachamama Apr 2017 #2
I have a friend from Turkey--went to Grad school with here in US. She went back about riversedge Apr 2017 #3
Did the OOrange Shitgibbon maxrandb Apr 2017 #4
 

ansible

(1,718 posts)
1. The sad thing is Turkey is now even more backwards than it was under Ataturk
Fri Apr 21, 2017, 02:26 AM
Apr 2017

His dream of a secular, modern Turkey is gone now.

Pachamama

(16,887 posts)
2. This is chilling and frightening....
Fri Apr 21, 2017, 06:11 AM
Apr 2017

I am shaking watching that. You see these helmeted police going into a court house and dragging people out. You see outside people (Erdogan supporters) clapping. You see others who are booing and upset. You see a courthouse hall filled with people standing around and hearing some boos. But none the less, these people are being dragged off to who knows where and having who knows what happen to them.

How many thousands of people have been arrested and detained (on what charges?) by Erdogan and having their civil liberties and worse violated?

Democracy in Turkey no longer exists. A dangerous dictator is controlling it and there may be a civil war breaking out there soon, similar to Syria.

This is so horrible and frightening....and fucking Comrade Trumpsky who is destroying our own democracy as quickly as he can and sabre rattling with another maniac (Korea) with what could lead to a Nuclear War - is calling this Dictator to congratulate him on destroying his democracy and establishing a dictatorship?

I am truly afraid for what is coming...for Turkey, for Europe, for the US....for the world....

riversedge

(70,204 posts)
3. I have a friend from Turkey--went to Grad school with here in US. She went back about
Fri Apr 21, 2017, 07:20 AM
Apr 2017

5 years ago. She is horribly frightened. She and her fiends are of the professional class-she is a teacher--profs, lawyers, doctors -the educated class if you will. Muslim yes--but secular Muslim. She says it gets worse every day.

maxrandb

(15,324 posts)
4. Did the OOrange Shitgibbon
Fri Apr 21, 2017, 07:23 AM
Apr 2017

tweet his congratulations to the Turkish police yet?

this kind of stuff is coming to America shortly if we don't get our shit together

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