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The Turkish deputy PM is blaming Jews and jealousy of Turkey for the unrest. Bigoted governance predicated on smoke and mirrors is not democracy.
by nknighthb 13y ago
The Turkish deputy PM is blaming Jews and jealousy of Turkey for the unrest.
Bigoted governance predicated on smoke and mirrors is not democracy.
- digz 13y agoAs someone of Turkish Jewish origin, I am very aware of this. I think perhaps my comment was misunderstood. My point was more broadly that democracy and the region are not compatible. For the majority of the last century Turkey was always the exception (albeit a weak one as the military was responsible for keeping secularism alive) to this incompatibility. But seemingly, even in turkey, that illusion has fallen apart. No one is more sad about this than I am.