Turkish Politics & Internal Affairs

[Bismarck]

You should not forget, that at this time, the whole world was watching you. Imagine, if Turkey has not allowed to let through peshmergas who were trained and armed by western states to fight Isis.

 

[LegionnairE]

It was the right decision at that time. No one wanted to see 100k PYD refugees entering Turkey.
You guys always choose the wrong things to criticise.

This is the reason why I always say that Erdoğan is dumb but the majority of his critics are even more stupid.

we could close the border and not accept the refugees from kobani.

People still think we supported ISIS. People still think we bought oil from them. Its irrelevant what people think in the short term. Our long term security is more important. Everyone hated ISIS thats why It was certain that they would be destroyed. YPG is a bigger threat for us.

I would close the border saying there could be terrorists among them. Few years down the line I would put a guy like Justin Trudeau in charge and people would forget everything.

You may have caused a rift between Iraqi kurds but you closed one between the peshmerge and YPG. I say let the Iraqi kurds stand united it doesnt matter as long as the Iraqi central government is stronger

 

[Kamil_baku]

Question to Turkish brothers? This Erdo guy is kind a famous in Pakistan as "The Last hope of Muslim Ummah" , "Ottoman Sultan", "The Most Honest Man on Earth"

Is that how turks think about him?

I agree with that.. the only reason people still afraid of him is he brings religious people(still not heavily) but people has concern probably that what will happen if he leave...

 

[Islamic faith&Secularism]

You should not forget, that at this time, the whole world was watching you. Imagine, if Turkey has not allowed to let through peshmergas who were trained and armed by western states to fight Isis.

The interests of a country are not shaped by what media-manipulated societies in other countries think, but citizens. The refugees were already welcomed by Turkey, and still living a happy life.

That is why Turks the citizens strongly and still criticise for the sake of the country, while some support it for the sake of.. who?

 

[Bismarck]

The interests of a country are not shaped by what media-manipulated societies in other countries think, but citizens. The refugees were already welcomed by Turkey, and still living a happy life.

That is why Turks the citizens strongly and still criticise for the sake of the country, while some support it for the sake of.. who?

No. This is not correct at all. We live in a globalized media world and are heavy depent on it. The media control public opinion. Don’t forget.

 

[Adıvar]

You should not forget, that at this time, the whole world was watching you. Imagine, if Turkey has not allowed to let through peshmergas who were trained and armed by western states to fight Isis.

Yes, i remember the huge pressure on Turkey by the western media at that time.

But, if Turkey had delayed transition of the peshamarga through Turkey to help PKK for another 2-3 weeks, ISIS would have finished all terrorists in Ayn Al Arab (Kobani).

We have a "great" leader...!

"Selam olsun Kobane'ye"...!

 

[Solomon2]

• February 21 2018

By AHU ÖZYURT
A generation should not be lost

Syria’s “Operation Olive Branch” has shown us a different side to Turkish society. Whether the Justice and Development Party’s (Ak Party) trolls that take their seats every Tuesday in parliament to cheer for President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan like it or not, Turkish society still adores its military might. Turks like their soldiers. Respected historian İlber Ortayli summarises well this type of mentality. “Turks like their commander. Atatürk is a big example. But also look at the Ottoman Sultans that went to fight wars. This society likes to see their top man in action,” he said.

Surprisingly a young generation of soldiers and fighters are proving this theory to be true. Take a look at some of the Instagram stories they post and you will see a different side to the Turkish Army. One young soldiers posts about the landscape, the flowers, the sunrise in Syria while guarding his post. He occasionally shares sounds of shelling in the dark, but most of his social media postings are about the beauty of life. They remind us of the letters sent by Ottoman soldiers to their families from the Çanakkale (Gallipoli) Wars.

I have been following the case of the Air Force Academy’s young cadets that were forced to take part in the July 2016 coup attempt. On the night of the bloody coup attempt, they were on a mandatory camp in Yalova. They had no access to television, cell phones or their families. The commanders ordered them to get on the buses to participate in an “anti-terror drill.” These young military students had no idea where they were being taken. Some found themselves in the line of fire on Bosphorus Bridge. Forensics reports clearly show that two of them were beaten to death by the mob.

Now almost two years after that dark night they are in court charged with killing people and attempting to overthrow the government. These are young men (and three young women) between ages of 19-21. They followed the orders of their commanders without questioning. Hardly any of them even fired a bullet at the civilians and surrendered to the police without resistance. Some 40 of them are already sentenced to life in prison.

With every unjust conviction handed to these young cadets and military students, the Turkish judiciary is actually sentencing the Turkish Military. The Ak Party’s deep resentment towards the military establishment and its centuries of tradition came with a huge price tag during the Sledgehammer and Ergenekon trials. Now it is becoming even worse.

I have met the families of these young military students. Most come from very poor families inside Anatolia, the majority of them did not attend Gülen (the U.S.-based cleric, leader of the Fetullahist Terror Organization believed to be behind the coup) schools or private studies. These mothers and fathers are under so much pressure that they refrain from coming to the court hearings to see their sons. With every story, your heart breaks into pieces.

Turkey is fighting a giant battle in the international front. Turkish society is fragmented as never before. But before it becomes too late, the Turkish Air Force Academy’s young students should see the daylight. They are dreaming of the day they will wear their blue uniforms and serve the country again.

Turkey’s courts should at least give them a fair chance. If Deniz Yücel can walk free, these “Young Eagles” should also fly.

 

[LegionnairE]

http://www.hurriyet.com.tr/tarikatlar-birbirine-girdi-kimsin-ulan-sen-40747513

lol

Turkish islamic cults are fighting each other to fill the gap left by the cult of Gülen

Hilarious

 

[Borg]

Can somebody inform me a bit about Orhan Pamuk pls? Is he Turk or Kurd, muslim or alevi or atheist, kemalist or other political thinking etc? Strangely you can read so much about him, his books or partial thinkings in western media but there are absolutly no info which would answer my few questions. Thx

 

[SouI]

http://www.hurriyet.com.tr/tarikatlar-birbirine-girdi-kimsin-ulan-sen-40747513

lol

Turkish islamic cults are fighting each other to fill the gap left by the cult of Gülen

Hilarious

That is what we want to see, competition among them so that no one of them will ever grow big enough to dominate everything!

COMPETITION! THE MAGIC OF THE BEAUTY OF CAPITALISM! ALWAYS WORKS WITH NO FLAW!

 

[LegionnairE]

That is what we want to see, competition among them so that no one of them will ever grow big enough to dominate everything!

COMPETITION! THE MAGIC OF THE BEAUTY OF CAPITALISM! ALWAYS WORKS WITH NO FLAW!

until someone wins the competition and becomes too big to fail lol

@WarDaddy97 knows a thing or two about that

 

[WarDaddy97]

until someone wins the competition and becomes too big to fail lol

@WarDaddy97 knows a thing or two about that

What’s going over there? Who is looking for an Ottoman slap?

 

[Targon]

Uşşakis to Nakşis, Nakşis to Süleymanists, then all of them to Uşşakis.

 

[xenon54 out]

Uşşakis to Nakşis, Nakşis to Süleymanists, then all of them to Uşşakis.

Ersan Kuneri.

 

[LegionnairE]