Posted on 12/14/2014 3:18:44 PM PST by BenLurkin
Turkish police on Sunday arrested the editor of Turkey's biggest-selling newspaper and 26 others in lightning raids on supporters of a US-based cleric who has become President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's top foe.
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Obama's flack says: "As Turkey's friend and ally, we urge the Turkish authorities to ensure their actions do not violate these core values and Turkey's own democratic foundations."
I don’t see a thread but The story I’m getting on twitter is that hostages are being held at a Sidney Australia cafe and are being forced to hold an ISIS flag at the window.
https://twitter.com/hashtag/7News?src=hash
This is perhaps the most terrifying news of the day. I believe we count on Turkey to hold the line against extremism, and for decades they did. (Not that Obama cares.)
Erdogan needs to go.
Turkey Out of NATO NOW!
Ditto that.
Thanks BenLurkin. As crappy as Erdogan is, his successor is likely to be much worse. Erdogan’s defanged the Turkish military, which means that once Erdogan’s been removed by force, and replaced with a cleric, the army won’t be in a position to remove him, as the Egyptian army was able to remove Morsi.
Turkey’s Erdogan signals fresh moves against Gulen supporters
http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/12/12/us-turkey-erdogan-cleric-idUSKBN0JQ1LJ20141212
This puke Erdogan is obammys best bud in the middle east.
They share the same mooselimb values. Cept for the homosexual thing.
Obammy is one and Erdogan thinks fags ought be eliminated.
Sadly true that Turkey is moving away from sanity. I was there 20 years ago over Christmas/New Years, and Istanbul had more and cheerier decorations up than Seattle did. People were incredibly friendly and very happy to meet Americans. I was there with a very obviously Jewish friend and he was just as welcome as I was.
My friend and her husband just returned from Turkey and found Istanbul clean and friendly they didn’t get down into the hinterlands, as I did, but still a lot, if not most, urban, educated Turks are definitely NOT Islamists and don’t want to be.
Now we know why. Obama would be happy with a handful of Fox hosts and a few websites.
Now just a cotton pickin’ minit here. Let’s be fair. Obama, once he started rounding people up, wouldn’t rest until he had a few dozen TEA Party organizers in custody, along with some AM talk show hosts.
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