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The Grand Turk
Turkish regime arrests opposition figures in masses
2016-11-04
[ALMASDARNEWS] The Turkish regime has begun a massive purge across the country to arrest any politician or journalist affiliated with and/or in support of the People's Democratic Party (HDP).

According to local sources, the Turkish authorities have jugged
Drop the gat, Rocky, or you're a dead 'un!
several journalists and politicians across the country, while also restricting internet service to people in predominately Kurdish regions inside The Sick Man of Europe Turkey
...the only place on the face of the earth that misses the Ottoman Empire....
These arrests come just hours after the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) issued a statement regarding the absence of the Turkish Army for the upcoming al-Raqqa offensive.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan
... Turkey's version of Mohammed Morsi but they voted him back in so they deserve him...
has repeatedly attempted to silence dissent inside the country, despite international criticism for his authoritative policies against opposition groups and journalists.

Turkey removes 1,218 gendarmerie from duty

[Ynet] The Sick Man of Europe Turkey
...the only place on the face of the earth that misses the Ottoman Empire....
suspended 1,218 gendarmerie personnel on Thursday, an official from the interior ministry overseeing the force said, as part of investigations into a failed coup in July.

Turkey has already sacked or suspended more than 110,000 civil servants, judges, prosecutors, soldiers and others over suspected links with the network of Fethullah Gulen
... a Turkish preacher living in Pennsylvania whom the current govt of Turkey considers responsible for all the ills afflicting Turkey and possibly the entire world...
, a U.S.-based holy man blamed by Ankara for orchestrating the failed coup.

Turkey's Erdogan says Germany has become 'haven for terrorists'

[AlAhram] Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Thursday Germany had become a haven for terrorists and would be "judged by history", accusing it of failing to extradite supporters of a U.S.-based cleric Ankara blames for July's failed military coup.

He said Germany had long harboured militants from the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK), which has waged a three-decade insurgency for Kurdish autonomy, and far-leftists from the DHKP-C, which has carried out armed attacks in Turkey.

"We don't have any expectations from Germany but you will be judged in history for abetting terrorism ... Germany has become an important haven for terrorists," Erdogan told a ceremony at his palace in the capital Ankara.

"We are concerned that Germany, which has protected the PKK and DHKP-C for years, has become the backyard of the Gulenist terror organisation."
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