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Turkish university annuls Erdogan rival's degree, preventing run for president
This is what democracy looks like when there’s no democracy.
#turkey #erdogan #imamoglu #democracy #fascism
And now they’ve arrested him.
Erdoğan, the dictator, doing what dictators do.
For those of you not paying attention (because Middle Eastern country, amirite?), Turkey followed the neoliberalism to fascism pipeline (in this case Islamofascism) almost a quarter of a century before the US (with Christofascism/technofascism… Christo-techno fascism?)
Lots to learn here and a glimpse into your future in the US unless you can do something about it. (Hint: appeasement and compliance do not work.)
Here’s a talk I gave at an event in Berlin eight years ago against Erdoğan’s representative and regime. I also haven’t been back to Turkey for eight years. This is not a coincidence.
https://ar.al/notes/my-speech-at-general-assembly-in-berlin-november-2017/
(İmamoğlu’s people actually invited me to give a talk a few years ago and I asked them if they could guarantee my safety if I flew into Istanbul. Needless to say, the answer was no.)
@aral It feels like it's worth it to observe that this happened at the same time as turkey cozying up to the United States in the run-up to Iraq ii