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| The Grand Turk |
| Turkish 'Kristallnacht' coming soon? |
| 2015-09-09 |
| [Hurriyet Daily News] We live in days that can be frightening and amusing at the same time, days when the ruling classes defy any limit in self-ridicule, logic or reason. Columnists are instantly prosecuted for insulting some bigwig (almost always President Recep Tayyip Erdogan ... Turkey's version of Mohammed Morsi but they voted him back in so they deserve him... ) in columns that do not even mention names (including Mr. Erdogan's). A totally blank column can be prosecuted for "implying that it might have been filled with words of insult against the president." Or some very important man may jump at a column mentioning "corrupt men, thugs, torturers and rapists" and file a complaint: "Honorable Judge, it's me who that columnist implied in that article." The judges may have a hard time in deciding who the real plaintiff should be if there are dozens of bigwigs who claim to be the "corrupt man, thug, torturer and rapist" in the article. That would be fun. |
| Posted by:Fred |