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President lashes out at protesters in polarized country

June 9, 2013 by B. Daniel Blatt

Sound familiar?

Recep Tayyip Erdogan traveled to two cities where unrest has occurred and again condemned his detractors as “a handful of looters” and vandals.

In the southern city of Adana, where pro- and anti-government protesters clashed Saturday night, Erdogan greeted supporters from the top of a bus before lashing out at his opponents in the highly polarized country

If he wanted to defuse the situation, he might do well to acknowledge the protestor’s grievances rather than insult them.

Another nation’s leader said that Erdogan, the prime minister of Turkey, “is one of the few foreign leaders with whom he has developed “’friendships and the bonds of trust.’”

Filed Under: Civil Discourse, Politics abroad, Random Thoughts Tagged With: Barack Obama, Chicago politics

Comments

  1. Chad says

    June 9, 2013 at 1:30 pm - June 9, 2013

    Before I read a single word, I was wondering if you were going to talk about Turkey or the U.S.

    No wonder Obama and Erdogan are buds. Birds of a feather…

  2. Ted B. (Charging Rhino) says

    June 9, 2013 at 1:42 pm - June 9, 2013

    One Authoritarian “populist” to another. The next time Obama appears on a balcony, …RUN.

  3. Sathar says

    June 9, 2013 at 3:25 pm - June 9, 2013

    All four of my grandparents (as well as a few million other ethnic Armenians) began life as Turkish citizens.

    Without belaboring events that happened a century ago, let’s just say that waking up every morning with a healthy fear of our own government runs in the family.

  4. Ignatius says

    June 9, 2013 at 5:23 pm - June 9, 2013

    Imagine how Armenians must feel.

  5. Vicky Hernandez says

    June 14, 2013 at 12:31 am - June 14, 2013

    Hmm… “Friendship?” “Bonds of trust?”

    Sounds like Erdogan is Obama’s Putin. Only Obama likes Erdogan’s “soul.”

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