Why the world is worried about Turkey
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Published 2017-05-12
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-- Erdogan as important to Turkey as Ataturk, and trying to shape it in his own image as significantly as Ataturk did decades ago.
-- They’re at the opposite ends of the spectrum in their beliefs: Ataturk was a militant secularist, Erdogan a committed Islamist
-- Erdogan’s rise shows arc of Turkish history, from democracy to an ever more theocratic authoritarian state
-- This all matters because a more religious version of Vladimir Putin is now at the helm of the biggest, richest and most militarily powerful US ally in the region.
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All Comments (21)
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Go Turkey! I don't know well about this situation. but i can say this.Our Korean always support Turkey! We love Turkey Let's go Together! Long live!
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Title is wrong. The correct title is "Why the US is worried about Turkey?"
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America allows dictators if they serve America. look at past Iran's shah and other gulf dude. look at Colombia where they defended the dictator. dictator is not a problem unless they obey America😀
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Most of Turkish Army didnt join the coup in 2016.
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You'd not be worried if they were ruled by a military dictatorship. I don't see you worried about Egypt.
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For the US, democracy is when a country licks their boots
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When the people from outside is more worried than the citizens itself.
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Fun fact: There is literally a holiday in turkey where kids take over the parliament for a day
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Turkey and Japan were the only 2 Asian countries that adopted the Industrial Revolution of Europe in early 20th Century but still keep their distinct oriental heritage.
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can make video: 1. why usa is the headache of the world. 2. why usa thinks of itself as police of the world. 3. why usa should gift freedom to americans 4. why usa should stay out of other countries 5. why usa should educate its citizen 6. why usa trying to be modern world imperial
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Doesn't matter if the dictator cruel or good untill he support America
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The things said in 5:41 are wrong or incomplete. The soldiers who want to carry out this coup are the soldiers of a community that is not loyal to Atatürk, worked with Erdoğan before and had a conflict of interest. After this conflict, they wanted to stage a coup first in the political party and then in the country. But Erdogan did not allow this by calling his followers to the streets. In fact, those who took to the streets did nothing. Most of the soldiers there are insignificant privates. They didn't even know what was going on there. When they were told the truth, many surrendered to the police. Unfortunately, many are still on trial. They are even forcibly detained without trial. There are even only military students among them. If there was a coup supported by the people. It would definitely be successful. However, there are almost no followers of Atatürk in the military who are strong enough to make a coup. Many soldiers are now members of extremist religious sects.
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Reading Turkish people's writing from all different sides of the spectrum in English on this thread was 100x more educational than the video -- and it was actually a pretty solid video. Thank you all Turkish, Kurdish, Ataturk supporters and Erdogan supporters for voicing your opinion and your arguments in English. It was very interesting to read, as our media and educational system is so hyperfocused on itself instead of the rest of the world, we rarely get to hear regular peoples' candid and unedited opinions about the state of their nation directly from them.
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The world according to Vox: The United States
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It feels very bad when a giant Germany located tv channel states that we are not democratic. I really hate when a country with a dark past with dictators insults us as dictatorship. This channel is very sided and I really hate these sided opinions. I hope this kind of media doesn't manipulate opinions on Turkey of people around the world.
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The title should : "why america worried is about Turkey"
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Love turkey from Morocco
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I ❤ Turkey from Los Angeles California
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Love Turkey 🇹🇷 from the Philippines 🇵🇭
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As turk who lives in turkey i am worried about my country