Turkey is heading down a deeply dangerous path
A short commentary on the path taken by the Erdogan-led AKP government, including taking over this week an opposition newspaper:http://tahirabbas.co.uk/index.php/no-freedom-no-speech/
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People in Turkey remember the dark days of the 1980s and 1990s, when ethnic and sectarian violence was the norm, with people sharply divided politically, culturally and economically, and when a dark and gloomy cloud hung over the nation without hope or opportunity. The irony is that half of the nation regards anything the ruling party does as perfectly acceptable in the current climate of actual terrorism in the form of far left violence, Islamic State bombings and the perennial bogeyman, the PKK, resurfacing as Turkey’s most sinister enemy within. With an immense electoral mandate, the AKP leadership sees itself as untouchable. Such hubris is often the pride before the fall.
Bombing in Ankara: who is fighting who in Turkey?
A short article after recent events:https://theconversation.com/bombing-...-turkey-56223?
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So brace for further attacks on Turkey’s major centres of population. The tragedy is that the more regular these become, the more polarised civil society will become in the country. The prospect of communal violence against minority Kurdish populations in parts of Turkey is growing more likely and an end to the conflict seems further away than ever.
Turkey Teetering on the Razor`s Edge of Terror: The Istanbul Ataturk Airport Attacks
Turkey Teetering on the Razor`s Edge of Terror: The Istanbul Ataturk Airport Attacks
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Miltary Coup in Turkey and the consequences
This was not a coup for today
A really good article that dissects the coup and why cyber power crippled them. Note President Erdogan was in a plane, having left his holiday venue and was hitting the keyboard.
Link:https://medium.com/@thegrugq/cyberpo...780#.bg0sqqrvb