Turkey is currently running back into the middle ages....
edited 27th Nov '16 6:42:12 AM by Swanpride
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So they'll convert to orthodoxy, start speaking Greek and install a random general as Roman Emperor? 
The law in the night
All hail the Sultan Erdogan!
Inter arma enim silent leges
The Cosmopolitan Fictioneer
All hail Kayser-i Rum!
... Okay, that sounded a lot better in my head. Still leaving it here, though.
Fiat iustitia, et pereat mundus.
To be honest, Comparing Erdogan to the Ottomans feels kinda insulting to House Osmanoglu.
use political terms to describe, not insult
Bumping this up, as the Russian ambassador to Turkey was just shot there, source
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A procrastination in of itself
Shot dead aparently, and indicators are by an attacker motivated by events in Aleppo.
As we've not got this mentioned in three relevant threads (this one, the Russia one and the terrorism one), do we want to pick one to stick to? At least until this becomes big enough that it's relevant to multiple threats in different ways.
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NSFW: Here is the video of the shooting.
He managed to spend some time talking on the microphones before getting gunned down later.
Inter arma enim silent leges
Until the political fallout starts I'd keep it in the terrorist thread.
Si Vis Pacem, Para Perkele
Collector Of Fine Oddities
Turkish officials are blaming Gulen for the shooting.
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And some parts of the Russian parliament are already screaming "CIA". Who could have foreseen this? (Except everyone.)
Charlie Stross's cheerful, optimistic predictions for 2017, part one of three.
Welp, if Gulen doesn't get out of the US before Trump gets in...he'll be shot on a Turkish tarmac.
Politics is the skilled use of blunt objects.
Any country offering to take him in?
Turkish officials blame GΓΌlen for almost everything. When they're not blaming Kurds.
Turkey arrests 1,656 social media users since summer
In a statement it said legal action had been taken against 3,710 people identified by police. Beside those arrested, 1,203 people were released on probation, 767 were released and 84 others are still in detention.
Charges include provoking hatred among the people; praising terrorist organizations; disseminating terrorist propaganda; openly declaring allegiance to terrorist groups; insulting statesmen; and targeting the indivisibility of the state or safety of citizens.
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Anyone wanna place bets the latter is the main reason for the arrests?
Inter arma enim silent leges
Well "terror organizations" include not only those recognised by other states (PKK, Freedom Hawks etc.), but also supporters of Gulen.
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Oh, bother.
<looks at all the shit-talking I've been doing about Trump online>
<looks around at his current surroundings which are very much not a gulag>
Suddenly I feel very fortunate.
Disgusted, but not surprised
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Just wait until Trump actually takes over.
Oh, bother.
Eh, I can think of worse reasons to be sent to prison or "disappeared".
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What NATO unity?
I have disagreed with her a lot, but comparing her to republicans and propagandists of dictatorships is really low. - An idiot
Turkey Parliament Triggers Referendum on Presidential System
Charitable interpretation: Rape victims in the Middle East are serious social pariahs, generally seen as unmarriageable in a society where the options for women are perceived to be, A: get married, and B: there is no option B, and in serious danger from their own families as a result. Judging by the wording of the bill, the rapists are released if they can get a marriage, which requires the woman's consent; in that case, the bill would be a (stupid) attempt to protect the women.
Uncharitable interpretation: Fuck Turkey. Yet another law that reduces the status of women - and can women freely consent to marriage under such circumstances, when the other option is being killed by her family or thrown on the street to starve?