In Freedom House’s democracy index, Turkey belongs to the group of “not free” countries, performing worse than “partly free” countries including Mali, Nicaragua and Kenya. Just as there cannot be a “not free” member of the EU, there cannot be a member
— Read on www.gatestoneinstitute.org/13404/turkey-eu-marriage
The one issue on which Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his opposition are in “complete agreement” is the “conviction that the Greek islands are occupied Turkish territory and must be reconquered.” “So strong is this determination that the
— Read on www.gatestoneinstitute.org/13469/turkey-threats-against-greece
Dictators will be dictators
Scores of academics (more than 265) who signed the “peace call” are being prosecuted on charges of terrorism. “Most better [academics] tend to leave the country,” said one university professor in Ankara on condition of anonymity, himself in
— Read on www.gatestoneinstitute.org/13434/turkey-brain-drain
Totalitarian government leaves no room for deep thought and critical thinking skills
She has sent hundreds of thousand of students to U.S. colleges and universities, where many have allegedly engaged in espionage.
— Read on www.takimag.com/article/can-america-fight-two-cold-wars-at-once/
Pat sums it up quite well here. We need to view China as an adversary and not a most favored trade partner. China has spread so much money around Washington DC that the politicians are bowing to China and all of their mischief. Selling our country and way of life down the road in the process.
Our corporations are so greedy for cheap labor that they refuse to hold the Chinese government accountable. Consumers here are guilty for the same reasons.
Trump is on the right track by confronting China and demanding a level playing field. The PRK is nothing more than a little China or their nasty little surrogate, we should view the PRK and China as one in the same.
Our national debt will be our eventual demise not foreign entities,but the enemy within. We need to cut deficit spending, force fair trade treaties, get out of useless military entanglements, and the UN.
That would only be the beginning.
The new U.S. leverage that emerged after the Saudi embarrassment is the same leverage that the U.S. can now use to broker an entente between Saudi Arabia and Qatar. That there may be a Saudi-Qatari rapprochement might be bad news for Erdoğan. A future
— Read on www.gatestoneinstitute.org/13205/turkey-qatar-saudi-arabia
Two German national soccer team players of Turkish origin had a photo-op with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and gave signed club shirts as gifts to him. One of the shirts bore the message (in Turkish): “With respect to my president. Yours
— Read on www.gatestoneinstitute.org/13009/erdogan-germany-soccer
Just when you thought President Recep Tayyip Erdogan was really off the reservation, he suddenly appears off the planet. Erdogan has appointed HIMSELF as chairman of Turkey’s Sovereign Wealth Fund and got rid of the entire management staff. It looks like Erdogan now thinks he can force the free market to do as he commands if he is also the trader for the Sovereign Wealth Fund. Of course, Treasury and Finance Minister Berat Albayrak, Erdogan’s son-in-law, will also sit on the board, according to a decree published in the Official Gazette. Anyone who actually thinks that Turkey can recover is out of their mind. The fund was formed to try and capitalize on state assets and put a lid on market turmoil in the wake of a failed coup attempt. This is a guaranteed nightmare in the making. We are witnessing a stubborn politician who has become a dictator and believes there is nothing beyond his power. It is just approaching the time to turn out the lights on Turkey as any viable place for investment. Turkey is now approaching the highest Country Risk for investment on the board.
— Read on www.armstrongeconomics.com/international-news/turkey/is-it-time-to-turn-the-lights-out-on-turkey-and-just-take-your-losses-and-run/
Inmates in a jail in Şanlıurfa in southeast Turkey tell of the plight of 27-year-old Uğur Yeloğlu, who they say has been isolated and tortured so badly since his imprisonment seven months ago that his level of functioning is like that of a baby. Yeloğlu
— Read on www.gatestoneinstitute.org/12959/turkey-prisons-torture-sexual-abuse
END of the Post-WAR ERA: & I FEEL FINE
— Read on www.bitchute.com/video/0Gi__MQaKOQ/
“Iran’s continued support of the Hezbollah terrorist organization with both financial and political assistance, as well as weapons and tactical training, deserves close examination. Western diplomats and Lebanese analysts estimate that Iranian financial
— Read on www.gatestoneinstitute.org/12917/qatar-turkey-toxic-allies
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John Barleycorn 
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