[wetphoenix]

Kemalists are jerks. They are quite a defiant on a low level but it won’t bring them any comfort in a long run. Just look at how the Sultan has purged any competent seculars from his armed forces at the time. All non-Islamist non-buttlicking officers turned to be Greek, American, Israel or Russian spies sentenced to up to life in prison. Stalin himself must be proud. Too good Turkey has no enemies or maybe someone would jump in to liberate their Kurds? What about hundreds of Istanbul PD officers who were after a government corruption? Lucky ones are simply unemployed “foreign agents” who were looking to defame Dear Leader.

[elcid1970]

WTF?

[markomalley]

All non-Islamist non-buttlicking officers turned to be Greek, American, Israel or Russian spies sentenced to up to life in prison.

By which government? Erdogan's Islamist government?

Stalin himself must be proud.

Like he must have been proud after the military prevented communist takeover in the 1980 coup?

[Jimmy Valentine]

Turkey has thrived and grown for almost 100 years thanks to Mustafa Kemal "Ataturk". Erdogan will take the country backward to the 7th century within a few years.

He is even proposing to convert the Haigha Sophia into a mosque.

Egocentric idiot.