As someone living in Cyprus an island who has serious issues with Turkey, overthrowing Erdogan scares me more than Erdogan being a dictator.
At this point at least we know Erdogan's issues stay inside Turkey. If someone unsuccessfully tries to overthrow him no one can predict what his reaction will be. From invading Greece to a civil war that will end with hundreds of thousands dead.
If he is successfully overthrown, we'll have a new Iraq for a decade before the area stabilizes. Either way there's no clean solution.
The targets of the terrorism were on pro-Kurdish rally. Just before the election. Very convenient for mister Erdogan for ISIS to attack his adversaries.
German here. I couldn't care less what religion Erdogan claims to represent. I'm not concerned because of Islam. I'm concerned because I'm literally witnessing a repeat of events that have been burned into my memory since elementary school.
Whatever happened to Kurds in the past in Iraq, Iran etc is not Turkeys problem.
Put yourself in the situation. You have a terrorist group that is killing your citizens for 35 fucking years. You are hosting 5 million Syrian refugees in your country. What do you do? What would the US do? I know what is happening right now is not the ideal solution but it is very hard to blame Erdogan.
Also, I can assure you that Kurds in Turkey is treated much much much better that African Americans and Native Americans in the US. So what does this say about the US?
I love the Turkish people and the rich cultural heritage of the country, but everything I hear about Erdogan is pretty scary. My only beef with the people of Turkey is I wish they'd take a leadership role into making peace with the Kurds.
What a shame. Erdogan is cementing his position and thus totalitarianism and islamofascism. Driving out the intellectuals and freethinkers is a significant step. Every month he and people like him are in office will take Turkey years to recover from. If this isn't stopped now, and it seems like it isn't, I doubt I will see a free Turkey in my lifetime.
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