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Aral Balkan
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I mainly post on my blog at https://ar.al  (RSS: https://ar.al/index.xml ) and interact on my Mastodon https://mastodon.ar.al . Please follow me there.

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    Aral Balkan‏ @aral 19 Jul 2016

    What you are seeing in Turkey is the blatant and unabashed dismantling of a secular democracy to make way for an Islamic republic.

    12:49 PM - 19 Jul 2016
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      2. Agnes Uhereczky‏ @uhereczkyagi 19 Jul 2016
        Replying to @aral

        what I would like to know, was there even a coup?

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      3. Aral Balkan‏ @aral 19 Jul 2016
        Replying to @uhereczkyagi

        Who knows. Multiple reports that at the very least, the secret service knew of it in advance & took precautions…

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      2. Life = short & uncertain‏ @lxvg 19 Jul 2016
        Replying to @aral

        How will Iran react? Any insights?

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      3. Aral Balkan‏ @aral 19 Jul 2016
        Replying to @lxvg

        No idea. I don’t know enough about Iran to say. Sorry.

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      1. Democratic Gremlin snacking on #pr4bc info  🍪‏ @Teelin 19 Jul 2016
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        Democratic Gremlin snacking on #pr4bc info  🍪 Retweeted WikiLeaks

        Who is going to translate all those leaked #Turkey emails for us? :-phttps://twitter.com/wikileaks/status/755500104543526912 …

        Democratic Gremlin snacking on #pr4bc info  🍪 added,

        WikiLeaksVerified account @wikileaks
        RELEASE: 294,548 emails from Turkey's ruling political party, Erdoğan's AKP #AKPemails https://wikileaks.org/akp-emails/  pic.twitter.com/GGzGS8oUrY
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      1. Daniel Schutzsmith‏ @schutzsmith 19 Jul 2016
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        and the widespread abolishment of human rights. It's gonna be bad.

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      1. Colt‏ @_coltseavers 19 Jul 2016
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        Demographics once again proving destiny.

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      1. Justin List‏ @JustinList 19 Jul 2016
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        yes awful to see it happen.

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      1. Lyn P‏ @elpresto777 19 Jul 2016
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        All achieved with the claim of upholding the peoples will and safeguarding democracy.

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      1. Wendy Cockcroft‏ @wendycockcroft 20 Jul 2016
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        Do you think the recent coup attempt was a false flag attack? It seems a bit too convenient. Just asking.

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      1. Hrant H Papazian‏ @hhpapazian 19 Jul 2016
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        Ah, but only possible via Democracy itself! STOP THE VOTE

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      1. Jay‏ @JayStephens 19 Jul 2016
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        morphing remains of ottoman empire into secular democracy. Fuck this timeline.

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      1. Jay‏ @JayStephens 19 Jul 2016
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        imho the 2 great unlikely institutions from last century were Roman empire morphing into egalitarian EU & the Kemalist project, 2/3

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      1. Jay‏ @JayStephens 19 Jul 2016
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        as a nonturk I'm gonna suspend judgement on that till next ejection date (maybe+12 months) but suspect you are right, and 1/2

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      1. Ian Kemp‏ @IanKemp2 19 Jul 2016
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        a real shame for those in Turkey who want the freedom and lifestyle enjoyed by the West - beautiful Country 😩 #democracy

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      1. korkeasaareen‏ @korkeasaareen 19 Jul 2016
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        adblocking hakkındaki yorumlardan daha yerinde bir yorum.

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