Turkish lawyers say decree grants impunity for political violence

Reuters ^ | December 25, 2017 / 1:27 PM / Updated 3 hours ago | Tuvan Gumrukcu, Ece Toksabay

[Texas Fossil]

A new emergency decree in Turkey could allow vigilantes to carry out political violence with impunity against opponents of the government suspected of involvement in last year’s coup attempt, Turkey’s main lawyers’ groups said on Monday.

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A separate decree on Sunday dismissed 2,756 more people from their jobs, accusing them of links to terrorist organizations.

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In a joint statement, the Ankara and Istanbul bar associations called Sunday’s two decrees “the last two nails in the coffin of the law”.

[Texas Fossil]

The CHP (Kemalist) Party had stated they will appeal the decree to the the constitutional court.

Remember in 2018 Erdogan will face another election.

So far he is still blaming this on on those conspirators involved in the (2016) coup.

[SunkenCiv]

I think the final piece is in place now -- Turkey is ready to join the EU. Thanks Texas Fossil.

[PIF]

Turkey’s headed for a full blown dictatorship. Elections, rule of law both go away once vigilantes become legal.

[DJ Taylor]

"Remember in 2018 Erdogan will face another election."

Not after Erdogan declares himself "President for Life."

[RightGeek]

Not after he declares himself Caliph

[SunkenCiv]

Iran's President Hassan Rouhani, Russia's Vladimir Putin and Turkey's Tayyip Erdogan meet in Sochi, Russia November 22, 2017. (photo credit: SPUTNIK/MIKHAIL METZEL/KREMLIN VIA REUTERS)

[Texas Fossil]

I think the Kemalists will stop that move.

[Texas Fossil]

Ottoman’s had a sultan. They are all gone.

[Leaning Right]

> Turkey’s headed for a full blown dictatorship. <

A full blown Islamic dictatorship.

[dfwgator]

Ottoman’s had a sultan. They are all gone.

Then the Sultans.....Yeah the Sultans they play creole, creole.

[Alas Babylon!]

And Recep doesn’t mind, if he doesn’t, make the scene
He’s got a daytime job, doing Jihad...

[RightGeek]

The Ottoman sultans claimed the Caliphate. Erdogan is bringing back the good old days. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caliphate

[Rurudyne]

2018-ish in Turkey is looking more like1918-ish in Turkey.

I guess the religion of piece is about to have some more genocides they’ll never admit to...

[Texas Fossil]

This time might be different. Many of their enemies are armed.

[Texas Fossil]

Oh, he does not hide his Neo Ottoman sentiments. He wants to be the head criminal.

But I don’t think he can pull it off. For a number of reason.

[SgtHooper]

Donald, Turkey needs to be ejected from NATO!! They can now kill Americans, openly!! Or better yet, the US needs to be paid for protection by all countries that want to stand with the US.

[Rurudyne]

The perpetrators of the last Turkish genocides often were the armed Turks, while the government looked the other way.

I don’t expect any new round inside Turkey to be different.

[Texas Fossil]

I’m confident that President Trump knows clearly what Turkey is.

Turkey and Iran both freaked when President Trump stated we would move our embassy to Jerusalem, the capital of Israel.

Except for Obama and a few other ComDem administrations the US has always been a good ally of Israel.

Hayim Solomon, a Jewish American so heavily supported the cause of the American Revolution that he was personally bankrupted by it. (he was not alone in that outcome)

[SJackson]

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[Eleutheria5]

Appeal a decree allowing thuggery to reign, and if the thugs don’t scare you off, they’ll go after your lawyer, and if they don’t scare him off, they’ll go after the judges. There is no law, once political violence is sanctioned by the government.