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If in the near future Erdogan is given total dictatoral power as he demands. What other groups will reach the same fate? And more quickly.

Make no mistake, Erdogan is an Islamist. He will not flinch at committing genocide. His recent mass arrest attest to that.

Very sobering thought for the US and NATO.

1 posted on 02/15/2017 7:02:26 PM PST by Texas Fossil
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Ping: Greeks in Turkey


2 posted on 02/15/2017 7:04:15 PM PST 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

Always remember folks — TURKEY IS NOT OUR FRIEND.


3 posted on 02/15/2017 7:06:51 PM PST by House Atreides (Send BOTH Hillary & Bill to prison.)
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To: Texas Fossil
I believe that the Greeks are supposed to be guaranteed rights to live in Istanbul (Constantinople) by the agreement made in the 1920s where there was an exchange of populations--some Turks were allowed to stay in Greek Eastern Thrace as part of the deal. But I wouldn't expect Turkey to honor the agreement.

As for Asia Minor--the term Asia originally applied only to part of western Asia Minor and only later came to mean the entire continent.

The Hittite king Tudhaliya in the 14th century B.C. mentions the "Land of Assuwa"--Assuwa is probably an early form of the name Asia. It seems to have been located in western Asia Minor, the area that the Romans later called the province of Asia.

4 posted on 02/15/2017 7:16:59 PM PST by Verginius Rufus
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This does not bode well for the Patriarchate of Constantinople.

Orthodox Ping!

Save Thy people, O Lord,
and bless Thine inheritance.
Grant victory to Thy Church over her enemies,
and protect Thy people by Thy Holy Cross!

5 posted on 02/15/2017 7:17:47 PM PST by lightman (Trump = The Twenty-first century's Teddy Roosevelt!)
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To: Texas Fossil

And you know who spoke up for Erdogan and Turkey and whose company even lobbied for Turkey? Mike Flynn.

http://thehill.com/blogs/pundits-blog/foreign-policy/305021-our-ally-turkey-is-in-crisis-and-needs-our-support

Article above is written by him, from the Hill, Nov. 8, 2016.

Reading the article has given me some doubts on him.


7 posted on 02/15/2017 7:31:41 PM PST by BeadCounter
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To: Texas Fossil

The ancient Greeks were brilliant and fierce warriors. In one of the few times when they more or less pulled together they defeated the greatest empire ever known until then.

They seemed to just not be able to agree on anything. If some outside force had forced them to cooperate they could have conquered the world. I guess in a way that is what Phillip and Alexander did.


9 posted on 02/15/2017 7:37:20 PM PST by yarddog (Romans 8:38-39, For I am persuaded.)
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To: Texas Fossil

Greeks cannot stay in Turkey but Turks can come to the United States. What a bunch of chumps we westerners are. So how many genocides do the Turks get to do?


20 posted on 02/15/2017 8:48:42 PM PST by cradle of freedom
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