Posted on 11/22/2016 11:10:41 AM PST by detective
The only Christian mayor in Turkey, a U.S. NATO ally, has been removed as part of a purge by the ruling Islamist government of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan following an abortive coup earlier this year.
“A massive purge by the Turkish government of politicians and officials accused of being supporters of the network of Fethullah Gulen — the Turkish Islamic preacher, continued this week with the sacking of Februniye Akyol, the first Assyrian Christian to be elected co-mayor in Turkey, in the city of Mardin,” reports Independent Catholic News.
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Turkey had the chance to join the modern world; instead it has chosen to regress to 610.
How dare he not convert!
muslim tolerance == liberal socialist tolerance
If one is going to maintain one's position in the government, one should make sure the coups one supports are successful.
This is another reason why I don’t understand how Flynn could work for Erdogan. Erdogan, like Flynn’s other client, Putin, is an Islamist.
Just another sign of the “last days” times.
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