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The Grand Turk
Turkey 'Not a Second-Class Democracy', Ankara Tells U.S.
2013-06-06
[An Nahar] Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu has contacted U.S. Secretary of State John F. I was in Vietnam, you know Kerry
Former Senator-for-Life from Massachussetts, self-defined war hero, speaker of French, owner of a lucky hat, conqueror of Cambodia, and current Secretary of State...
 to object to recent statements from Washington expressing concern over Turkey's handling of mass anti-government protests, a foreign ministry diplomat told Agence La Belle France Presse Wednesday.

"Turkey is not a second-class democracy," Davutoglu told Kerry in a phone call late on Tuesday, the diplomat said on condition of anonymity.
Yes, dear, you are so right. Now sit in that chair and I'll get you some milk and cookies.
Kerry on Monday said he was concerned by reports of excessive use of force by Turkish police to quell the biggest protests since Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan's decade in power, urging all sides to "avoid any provocations or violence."

Davutoglu assured Kerry an investigation was under way into the police response, the ministry source said.

The diplomat added that the foreign minister told Kerry the protests were not "extraordinary", comparing them to the Occupy Wall Street movement that sprang up in the United States in 2011.

On Tuesday, Deputy Turkish Prime Minister Bulent Arinc apologized to those injured after police used tear gas and water cannon against the protesters and said the government had "learnt its lesson", in comments that were welcomed by the White House.
Posted by:Fred

#8  Well there was that one incident when the students surrounded that troop of police and did their best metrogaullic chanting, then a group of pre selects nicely lined up for those mean ol'e coppers to spray weaponized fanta on them.
Posted by: swksvolFF   2013-06-06 20:21  

#7  they, like we, are not a Democracy. We are arepresentative reublic, no? They...


are f'd up
Posted by: Frank G   2013-06-06 20:18  

#6  Turkey 'not a second-class democracy', Ankara tells U.S.

Third-class? Proto-Theocracy? You provide the terms and we'll use them.
Posted by: rjschwarz   2013-06-06 14:48  

#5  "and we didn't hose the Occutards down with pepper spray"

More's the pity, Rob. :-(
Posted by: Barbara   2013-06-06 14:25  

#4  
The diplomat added that the foreign minister told Kerry the protests were not "extraordinary", comparing them to the Occupy Wall Street movement that sprang up in the United States in 2011.


The Turks aren't crapping in the streets, and we didn't hose the Occutards down with pepper spray.
Posted by: Rob Crawford   2013-06-06 14:15  

#3  Turkey 'Not a Second-Class Democracy', Ankara Tells U.S. [which is currently operating a 'Chicago Democracy' working its way to a Peoples Democratic Republic sort of democracy].
Posted by: Procopius2k   2013-06-06 09:29  

#2  Closer to Steerage than 2nd Class.
Posted by: Shipman   2013-06-06 04:52  

#1  As a member state of the OIC Turkey, along with other allies like e.g. liberated Afghanistan and Egypt has officially committed itself to the abolition of Western Democracy in all Western nations.

In fact Turkey (and liberated Afghanistan, Egypt etc) does not even recognize Western nations as sovereign entities.

This complaint doesn't make sense at all.
Posted by: Elmerert Hupens2660   2013-06-06 04:47  

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