You are accused of attempting to kill President Erdogan
April 13, 2017 2:24 PM   Subscribe

Inside Turkey's Purge slNYT

Extra:

“Democracy is like a train”, Erdogan once famously said. “You get off once you have reached your destination.”: Erdogan's Turkey (BBC)
posted by lalochezia (12 comments total) 17 users marked this as a favorite
 
I have a friend who is a Turkish judge. The experience in the bar and bench has been nightmarish to date.

One great irony of all this is that I am sure Erdogan, besides suppressing democracy and the rule of law and acting like a tyrant generally, has created lots of new enemies who look forward to dancing on his grave someday.
posted by bearwife at 2:29 PM on April 13, 2017 [3 favorites]


One way to destroy a country is to make lists.

I like lists; they are a tool for order and security. I'm a reference librarian, but, if I didn't like people as much as I do, I could have become an archivist or a records manager. It's important to remember that lists are not neutral, and sometimes order and security comes from destroying and denying lists.

The only thing citizens have that stands between them and an autocrat, it seems, are lawyers.

The world owes a lot to lawyers.
posted by GenjiandProust at 3:02 PM on April 13, 2017 [6 favorites]


This was an excellent summary.
posted by k8t at 3:56 PM on April 13, 2017


Thanks for sharing this. I've been trying to understand what's been going on in Turkey and this helped a lot. Part of me wishes I didn't know, but I wish that about a lot of things these days.
posted by potrzebie at 4:17 PM on April 13, 2017


It's hard to believe that not so long ago, Turkey was seriously expected to join the EU.
posted by Joe in Australia at 8:34 PM on April 13, 2017 [2 favorites]


Did anyone else, when they saw, "You are accused of attempting to kill President Erdogan," think "Worst Infocom game ever"?

No?

Okay, I'll show myself out.
posted by Mr. Excellent at 1:56 AM on April 14, 2017 [1 favorite]


Live results of the referendum
posted by lalochezia at 7:52 AM on April 16, 2017


TL;DR close enough that the opposition will question the result, but Erdoğan says it's a clear win, and the priority now is to bring back the death penalty.
posted by effbot at 1:45 PM on April 16, 2017 [1 favorite]


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posted by lalochezia at 3:29 PM on April 16, 2017




Statements from Juncker/Mogherini/Hahn (European Commission) and Jagland (Council of Europe).
posted by effbot at 3:39 PM on April 16, 2017




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