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Turkey on the brink of political implosion

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Submitted by Mehmet S. Turkel (United States), Jun 6, 2015 at 08:36

The title of Mr.Pipes article " Turkeys Unimportant Election" is a very clever form of piquing one's attention. It worked for me as I read the analysis and pretty much agree with the entire content including the plea for the reader to put his/her moral support behind HDP to reach the 10% treshold . I should point out that I do not agree with the title and concur with the headlines and articles written by NYTimes and other well respected papers around the world.

I am a secular Turk who had the great fortune of coming to US for college education at tender age of 17 in 1967. After college, I chose to stay,raised a family and became a naturalized citizen.Over the years, I have been closely following the political and economic developments.

I submit to you that Turkey is on the brink of political implosion if Erdogan's party wins the 2/3 majority to change the constitution and declare himself de facto Sultan/Dictator and rule 80 million people at his will.

Mr.Pipes is correct stating that Erdogan is already ruling the country at will even before the legitimate authority is bestowed upon him by reaching the super majority of delegates. He has managed to shred the current constitution by many actions including but not limited to; campaigning for the AKP party, using the Koran to appeal the pious masses; removing the judges and prosecutors whose rulings he does not like; suing hundreds of citizens for using ill language against him ( by pointing out that insulting the President of Turkey is against the very constitution he has been using as his doormat); sending journalists to jails for publishing articles unfavorable to him and his policies; building an 1100 room palace (Aksaray) which is 30 times the size of Versailles for his granduer; and on and on.

I agree with Mr.Pipes calling for support of HDP so that they can obtain the minimum 10% threshold and thwart Erdogan's plans for "legitimate diktatorship". In fact, last week, I spoke and plead with my secular relatives who normally support the CHP, to vote for HDP. I hope they will.

Submitting....

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You may right and you may be wrong. Let's keep watching.

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Title Commenter Date Thread
Erdogan is a terrorist [44 words]Michael SOct 10, 2015 15:40225553
1Turkey is Tubal-cain [88 words]JackJul 5, 2015 02:52224062
Turkey - cruising for a bruising [92 words]Peter C.Jun 30, 2015 12:40224009
as usual, outsider analysis' are again exaggerated and came out to be false and narrow perspectived [216 words]
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servet cevikJun 12, 2015 07:00223775
Now that Erdo's been taken down a peg, will you change your analysis? [17 words]
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Solomon2Jun 9, 2015 08:47223745
Alliances shifting: Saudis getting cozy with Turkey [336 words]Michael SJun 9, 2015 04:47223743
Thank goodness your prognosis of the Turkish elections yesterday was wrong! [88 words]
w/response from Daniel Pipes
BobJun 8, 2015 15:29223734
Turkey on the brink of political implosion [356 words]
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Mehmet S. TurkelJun 6, 2015 08:36223709
withering Secularism [142 words]
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Dr.AwwadJun 5, 2015 12:38223692
Erdogan: on a collision course with Israel [450 words]Michael S.Jun 6, 2015 10:58223692
reply to Michael S [163 words]Dr.awwadJun 10, 2015 02:40223692
Erdogan is secure from a military coup. Expect attention in the region to shift to Egypt [411 words]Michael SJun 12, 2015 15:33223692
Turkey is seeing red [427 words]Michael S.Jun 23, 2015 13:19223692
1Turkey : A dictatorship [63 words]BilalerdoganJun 5, 2015 02:36223688
Erdo, the Turkish Putin! [15 words]steven LJun 4, 2015 23:59223686
Obama: Lunatic and Buffoon; Erdogan: Just a Lunatic [353 words]Michael SJun 4, 2015 22:05223685
dictators end [10 words]havasJun 8, 2015 05:25223685
1Erdogan is, and likely will continue to be, absolutely in control -- even after the election [222 words]Michael SJun 12, 2015 14:00223685

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