Posted on 07/21/2016 9:14:07 AM PDT by McGruff
Turkish lawmakers convened Thursday to endorse sweeping new powers for President Recep Tayyip Erdogan that would allow him to expand a crackdown in the wake of last week's failed coup.
The 550-member parliament is set to approve Erdogan's request for a three-month state of emergency. Erdogan's Justice and Development Party account for 317 members in the chamber.
In an address to the nation late Wednesday, Erdogan announced a Cabinet decision to seek the additional powers, saying the state of emergency would give the government the tools to rid the military of the "virus" of subversion.
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Time for NATO to drop Turkey.
Like a bad habit.
It seems dfwgator was right this was a Reichstag fire like event, and I know this would happen, we should have let the Soviets have Turkey back then for I care.
Erdogan, who had been accused of autocratic conduct even before this week’s crackdown on alleged opponents, said the state of emergency would counter threats to Turkish democracy.
“This measure is in no way against democracy, the law and freedoms,” Erdogan said Wednesday after a meeting with Cabinet ministers and security advisers.
Turkish Hitler (Titler).
Ah, yes. The old “save democracy by quashing democracy” approach.
Another Islamic State is born.
Anyone here know the Turkish for “Enabling Act”?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enabling_Act_of_1933
Or is this one of those ‘...it sounds better in the original German’ sort of things?
No wonder they named the country that.
Turkey will become another Iran or North Korea. They should be dropped out of NATO. Turkey is lost to the free world.
I don’t think Turks are your normal sheepish Euroweenies...............
Sorry, cannot help myself: Blond on Geography
Germany, 1933 redux.
Yep
Nobody could be that dumb. This had to be a setup. It’s just the back and forth with Foxworthy that he could have used on one of his shows. She’s reminiscent of Goldy Hawn except Goldie was acting.
Turkish lawmakers vote to cut their own throats
Reichstag Fire - Check
Night of the Long Knives - Check
Enabling Law - Check
Next up......all members of the Turkish military swearing a personal Oath to Erdogan.
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