As Turkey’s Purge Continues, Erdogan is Looking More Like Uncle Joe

‘Since this past summer’s alleged ‘failed’ coup d’etat attempt in Turkey, the government of Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has undertaken one of the most systematic and brutal crackdowns on civil society seen so far in the 21st century. What started as a purge of 7,000 suspected military plotters, judges, politicians, journalists has expanded, bringing the total to upwards of 100,000 people – all suspended and arrested by the government for either treason or “having terrorist ties.”
This week, the government in Ankara has expelled some 28,000 teachers who it deems as having “links to terrorism,” along with 785 members of the Ministry of Labour, and 24 elected mayors.’
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