Noticed that turn of relations towards the Muscovites. Was thinking about wanting to ask you about what you think about Erdogan but was hesitant. Well I hope you get rid of that asshole. Did you know the Russians tried to win a helicopter competition for a contract by calling their entry the Erdogan?
Also do you know about the so named Deep State in your own country? Suppose that might be gone now that Erdogan has taken power from the secular military establishment.
So then does this mean you voted for the HDP?
Not here to hijack the thread but since you asked... Yes, I voted for the HDP.
- Erdogan is a power hungry sick nutjob who also happens to be incredibly smart and politically talented. He knows how to move the masses and has been incredibly successful using religion to his benefit. I think this is rather a problem with Islam, not Turkey or Erdogan but let's not get into that complicated mess. I also hope we get rid of him as soon as possible but don't see it happening anytime soon (unless he dies suddenly). The reason I have mentioned Islam as the problem is the electorate will just find another Erdogan. I don't know how to explain myself in this regard but I would be glad to see the day I am proven wrong.
- I used to vote for the CHP, the Republican People's Party founded by Atatürk, and my mother's male lineage is pretty much all professional soldiers (mostly brigadier and major generals). If you were to have a conversation with them, they would all deny such a deep state exists and blame it on minorities and foreign powers trying to ruin the country. I know foreign interventions are there, this is the sad truth, but the military is not innocent. I used to believe everything I have read, watched or heard on mainstream media portraying the Kurds as the problem but experienced first hand the same media portraying those of us who protested against Erdogan and his rule during the 2013 Gezi Park protests as terrorists. I proudly inhaled my fair share of the tear gas
- Finally, I have no hope for my country. What can one expect from a mentality that idolizes the Ottoman Empire when history is out there in the wide open to show how that ended? Truth be told, I am looking forward to the first chance of immigrating to a country where I can live without worrying which of my rights will be taken away from me next.