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> is he wrong when he is accusing foreign powers from trying to incite demonstrations or manipulate public opinion? I'm pretty sure he is not. Please substanti
by frandroid 11y ago
> is he wrong when he is accusing foreign powers from trying to incite demonstrations or manipulate public opinion? I'm pretty sure he is not.
Please substantiate. Turkey is a NATO member which, other than the recent kerfuffle with downing a Russia fighter jet, has decent relations with most of its neighbours, and no real Great Enemies. Turkey has always had a press-repressive (!!) orientation because they've wanted to keep internal Islamist forces at bay. Amusing, Erdogan has flipped the script and now it's his Islamist government which is cracking down on other voices, although the take-over of the Zaman news organization is really about internal fighting with an influential cleric. But either way, in the end, Turkey has always had authoritarian governments succeeded by military coups and more authoritarian rule.
- dingaling 11y ago> Turkey is a NATO member Turkey's membership of NATO was only achieved through explicit naming in an addendum to the Articles, the only country so included, and was never a popular addition. They remain the only country for which expulsion has a clear process, though unlikely. > has decent relations with most of its neighbours Except with Greece, both of whom have shot down more of each others aircraft than non-NATO aircraft, and Armenia with whom they have a lingering border skirmish and Syria and Kurdistan-Iraq...
- DominikR 11y agoDon't forget the Bulgaria, Cyprus, Iran, Syria, Russia and the Kurds. Turkey is basically surrounded by enemies, there's almost no one they are on good terms with.