He should justify it in the name of anti-terrorism to placate the americans.
As mentioned Turkey has geopolitical value. Long as Ergodan can reasonably follow instructions he'll be fine far as the west is concerned.
All the closed schools could be defined as "schools of Islamic faith".
Just as Jaskalas's description fits the picture, the education system being targeted is a "state within a state" group. More dangerous than Erdogan, if they had been successful. Why they are portrayed as part of democratic freedom in the western press sounds fishy.
Is there independent confirmation to this assertion?All the closed schools could be defined as "schools of Islamic faith".
All the closed schools could be defined as "schools of Islamic faith".
Just as Jaskalas's description fits the picture, the education system being targeted is a "state within a state" group. More dangerous than Erdogan, if they had been successful. Why they are portrayed as part of democratic freedom in the western press sounds fishy.
A well-organised community of people - not a political party - named after the US-based Islamic cleric Fethullah Gulen.
He is regarded by followers as a spiritual leader and sometimes described as Turkey's second most powerful man.
The imam promotes a tolerant Islam which emphasises altruism, modesty, hard work and education.
He is also a recluse with a heart condition and diabetes who lives in a country estate in the US state of Pennsylvania.
The movement - known in Turkey as Hizmet, or service - runs schools all over Turkey and around the world, including in Turkic former Soviet Republics, Muslim countries such as Pakistan and Western nations including Romania and the US, where it runs more than 100 schools.
Followers are said to be numerous in Turkey, possibly in the millions, and are believed to hold influential positions in institutions from the police and secret services to the judiciary and Mr Erdogan's ruling AK Party itself.
Mr Gulen made a name for himself by arguing that young Turks had lost their way and that education was the best response, a position that attracted a growing number of middle class followers and led the movement to open schools and expand into business.
As the movement grew, followers began taking jobs inside the machinery of state.
Some, such as commentator Mustafa Akyol, say the aim was to transform Turkey away from secularism, despite Mr Gulen's claims to be focused more on faith and morality than politics.
After the military coup of 1980, the ruling generals suspected him of trying to topple the government and he was arrested after six years on the run. He was freed but eventually charged in 2000 and decided to remain in the US, where he was having medical treatment.
The imam promotes a tolerant Islam which emphasises altruism, modesty, hard work and education.
What is a party, if not a movement of people?
Your own quote makes them sound decent.
I have no doubt his followers are responsible, it's logical to have extremists among them. The issue is how far up does it go? The "leader" is 75, on the other side of the planet. I'd only hold him responsible if there's topical communications with him on the coup. Not simply guilt by association.
Some, such as commentator Mustafa Akyol, say the aim was to transform Turkey away from secularism,
So you are discounting Oric who has to live in the midst of the shit?
I have heard the term "moderate" used SO MANY FUCKING TIMES with respective to blood thirsty theocratic radicals that America supports in the Middle East that it has come to mean RADICAL EXTREMIST JIHADIST to me. I have no reason whatsoever to deny Oric's own personal experience. What reason do you have?
We had another contributor here from Turkey who had different views. Unfortunately, he has not responded in a while.
So you are discounting Oric who has to live in the midst of the shit?
I have heard the term "moderate" used SO MANY FUCKING TIMES with respective to blood thirsty theocratic radicals that America supports in the Middle East that it has come to mean RADICAL EXTREMIST JIHADIST to me. I have no reason whatsoever to deny Oric's own personal experience. What reason do you have?
A Turkish newspaper with links to the country's President has published a homophobic headline calling those who died in the Orlando mass shooting 'perverts' and 'deviants'.
Yeni Akit, a right-wing newspaper which has supported the likes of Al-Qaeda in the past, broke news of the attack with the headline: 'Death toll rises to 50 in bar where perverted homosexuals go!'
The headline has caused a backlash online, where it has been suggested that the exclamation mark indicates that the paper is celebrating the attack, rather than condemning it.
Yeni Akit has long supported Turkey's Justice and Development Party (AKP), which President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan used to lead.
The paper, whose name means 'New Agreement, is also known for having strong links to Erdogan, in a country where press freedom is being heavily restricted by his government.
This anti-American rhetoric reminds [me of] the '79 Iranian revolution and what happened afterward. It is a very dangerous approach, Ahmet Yayla, former chief of counter-terrorism for the Turkish National Police
I hope he wasn't called a "state within a state" (aka "enemy of the state") and arrested :|
I am fine Thankfully I never needed to be an Erdogan or Gulen sympathizer to do well in school or work. Plus, I am an atheist so they would probably stone me to death, not arrest me. Thank you for your concern
Glad to hear that. Hope you make it out before they get around to atheists.I am fine Thankfully I never needed to be an Erdogan or Gulen sympathizer to do well in school or work. Plus, I am an atheist so they would probably stone me to death, not arrest me. Thank you for your concern
Glad to hear that. Hope you make it out before they get around to atheists.