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Erdogan slams opposition as ‘justice march’ nears Istanbul
The Times of Israel ^ | July 1, 2017, 6:05 pm | by AFP

Posted on 07/02/2017 10:44:08 AM PDT by Texas Fossil

Turksih President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Saturday accused the country’s main opposition party of siding with terrorism, as a three-week “march for justice” led by its chief neared its ending point of Istanbul...

“If you start protests to protect terrorists and those who support terrorism — when it did not occur to you to take part in anti-terror demonstrations — then you cannot convince anyone that your objective is justice,” Erdogan said...

he said the road taken by Kilicdaroglu was “the way to Qandil and Pennsylvania”.

(Excerpt) Read more at timesofisrael.com ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: chp; erdogan; istanbul; march
Erdogan the Islamist has just stated that the CHP (Turkish opposition party is no longer the opposition, but terrorists. i.e. there is NO OPPOSITION)

And remember who Erdogan is protecting with his wild shelling of peaceful villages in Syria? His ISIS Islamist buddies?

Seems like I remember Erdogan calling German leaders Nazi's. The reaction to that was not very positive.

Now I wonder how this will next step will sell to the Kemalists and the traditionalist Turks?

1 posted on 07/02/2017 10:44:09 AM PDT by Texas Fossil
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To: Texas Fossil

It’ll end like the protest march in Dr. Zhivago.


2 posted on 07/02/2017 11:12:31 AM PDT by MUDDOG
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To: MUDDOG

I forgot that one. Thanks for the Reminder.


3 posted on 07/02/2017 11:41:11 AM PDT by Texas Fossil ((Texas is not where you were born, but a Free State of Heart, Mind & Attitude!))
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To: Texas Fossil

Are there any Kemalists left?


4 posted on 07/02/2017 1:19:30 PM PDT by Reily
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To: Reily

Yes. I’ve talked to a few of them on the web. They will not explain the detail, but they admit having issues with Erdogan.


5 posted on 07/02/2017 2:11:53 PM PDT by Texas Fossil ((Texas is not where you were born, but a Free State of Heart, Mind & Attitude!))
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