this has been happening in the Netherlands too, mostly with the degrees of the far right. They seem, after investigation, to have plajurized their bachelor's or master's thesis
@webhat Well, if it stands. If the people let it stand. As things are, he doesn’t have political rivals. Because it’s a dictatorship cosplaying democracy.
For those of you not paying attention (because Middle Eastern country, amirite?), Turkey followed the neoliberalism to fascism pipeline (in this case Islamofascism) almost a quarter of a century before the US (with Christofascism/technofascism… Christo-techno fascism?)
Lots to learn here and a glimpse into your future in the US unless you can do something about it. (Hint: appeasement and compliance do not work.)
Here’s a talk I gave at an event in Berlin eight years ago against Erdoğan’s representative and regime. I also haven’t been back to Turkey for eight years. This is not a coincidence.
(İmamoğlu’s people actually invited me to give a talk a few years ago and I asked them if they could guarantee my safety if I flew into Istanbul. Needless to say, the answer was no.)
Well, yes. But presumably that system was designed before Erdogan.
Question, since I assume from the frequency of these postings you follow Turkish politics more than I do: do you know if this autocracy came top-down -- i.e., Erdogan first, then at a more local level -- or bottom-up -- i.e., democracy was already nonexistent or quite weak at the local level and Erdogan reflects that?
@FishNamedDog It was the neoliberalism to fascism pipeline. What we’re seeing repeated in the USA today but with Islamofascism instead of Christofascism.
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Erdoğan, the dictator, doing what dictators do.
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Mayor of Istanbul arrested as part of crackdown on opposition to Turkish president
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in reply to Aral Balkan • • •For those of you not paying attention (because Middle Eastern country, amirite?), Turkey followed the neoliberalism to fascism pipeline (in this case Islamofascism) almost a quarter of a century before the US (with Christofascism/technofascism… Christo-techno fascism?)
Lots to learn here and a glimpse into your future in the US unless you can do something about it. (Hint: appeasement and compliance do not work.)
Here’s a talk I gave at an event in Berlin eight years ago against Erdoğan’s representative and regime. I also haven’t been back to Turkey for eight years. This is not a coincidence.
ar.al/notes/my-speech-at-gener…
(İmamoğlu’s people actually invited me to give a talk a few years ago and I asked them if they could guarantee my safety if I flew into Istanbul. Needless to say, the answer was no.)
#turkey #erdogan #imamoglu #turkiye #fascism #dictatorship
Aral Balkan — My speech at General Assembly in Berlin, November 2017
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in reply to Aral Balkan • • •Well, yes. But presumably that system was designed before Erdogan.
Question, since I assume from the frequency of these postings you follow Turkish politics more than I do: do you know if this autocracy came top-down -- i.e., Erdogan first, then at a more local level -- or bottom-up -- i.e., democracy was already nonexistent or quite weak at the local level and Erdogan reflects that?
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