Very shrewd and well done. May I offer a small edit? Instead of "But a 2018 presidential decree GAVE Erdoğan the power to appoint them directly …” would it not be more accurateto say "But IN a 2018 presidential decree Erdoğan TOOK the power to appoint them directly …?”.
How long before Erdoğan changes his title to “Caliph?"
Claire, I read the beginning of the story, then clicked over to the Twitter video, and was thinking, "Yeah but does Erdogan really care about or respect peaceful protest?" Then I came back and read that the police locked the gates and beat the protestors. So you answered my question.
I'm not big on violence myself, but at some point don't you have to punch to bully in the nose? Where does the line get drawn? I don't know...
“Eager believers looked at the coffee grounds and saw—mirabile dictu!—Turkish democratic reforms. Why?“
We see what’s convenient.
Very shrewd and well done. May I offer a small edit? Instead of "But a 2018 presidential decree GAVE Erdoğan the power to appoint them directly …” would it not be more accurateto say "But IN a 2018 presidential decree Erdoğan TOOK the power to appoint them directly …?”.
How long before Erdoğan changes his title to “Caliph?"
Claire, I read the beginning of the story, then clicked over to the Twitter video, and was thinking, "Yeah but does Erdogan really care about or respect peaceful protest?" Then I came back and read that the police locked the gates and beat the protestors. So you answered my question.
I'm not big on violence myself, but at some point don't you have to punch to bully in the nose? Where does the line get drawn? I don't know...