Protests are the last thing keeping Turkey’s democracy alive | America and Europe have offered President Erdogan little resistance
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Protests are the last thing keeping Turkey’s democracy alive | America and Europe have offered President Erdogan little resistance
Posted by Sine_Fine_Belli
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America is taking notes from erdogan.
Europe r e a l l y doesnt want to give turkey reasons to cozy up with trump during the atlantic realignment period.
Erdogan went for the arrests now precisely cause this was the time he was most likely to get away with it.
Okay, 2 things in this:
Turkey has a long standing tradition of fearing western countries trying to carve up or control their country. The moment they make active efforts to support the protesters, current crackdowns will look like a fucking joke.
Given current developments with Russia, nato and Trump. Erdogan has a lot of leverage. Wouldn’t be the first time people ignored this for Real Politik