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It's not really politically correct but a recent piece notes that Gollum in Ankara, the Turkish wannabe Sultan of a neo Ottoman Empire - aka President Erdogan - and the whole regime generally has gone ballistic over the "failure" of the recent UNSC agreement on Syria not to include plans of when, where, and how to oust elected President Assad.

The reference is "Turkish PM Ahmet Davutoglu was out with a series of declarations that seem to suggest Turkey is going full-belligerent-retard as Erdogan scrambles to preserve the “Assad must go” narrative on the way to securing whatever Ankara’s interests are in both Iraq and Syria. "

Noteworthy here is that Turkey recently sent tanks and troops into Iraq after shooting down the Russian aircraft and obstinately insists that Iraq "invited" them to do so ... even though the Iraqi representatives reject such spurious claims.

Apologies to those with mental disabilities. There really is something block-headed about this regime. Must be an important NATO ally.

Turkey is in full belligerent mode

NDPP

Secret 'Official Docs' Could Allegedly Bring Erdogan's Rule to 'Abrupt End'

http://sptnkne.ws/aqKC

"...It is widely known that Turkey is encouraging not stopping the flow of migrants to Europe so that they can be used as a political weapon whenever suitable. This demonstrates that, having failed to get into the EU by fair, diplomatic means, Erdogan is happy to revert to foul ones. It is this which forms the substance of the documents the Turkish paliament, and his [Erdogan's] colleagues, might now release..."

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Turkish Bar Association Sues National Intel Agency & Police Over ISIS Slave Trade  (and vid)

https://www.rt.com/news/326872-isis-turkey-slaves-lawsuit/

"The head of a regional Turkish legal association has filed a criminal complaint against the Turkish authorities after a German documentary alleged that Islamic State (IS) are carrying out a slave trade of women on Turkish soil.

Bektas Sarkli, the head of Gaziantep Bar Association, has brought the suit against the Turkish law enforcement and intelligence agencies following allegations that Yazidi women and children were being trafficked.

"We decided to file a complaint after the allegations were made on German ARD TV. They alleged that the Yazidi people were traded by ISIS in a slave market here in Gaziantep. The prosecution must investigate this,' Sarkli said."

Why is Canada in a military alliance bent on regime change and the destruction of Syria with massive human rights violators like NATO Turkey, Saudi Arabia or USA, ISIS collaborators/supporters, the worst of the bunch?

NDPP

Syrian Journalist Exposing ISIS Aleppo Atrocities Assassinated in Turkey

https://youtu.be/2Gc7sdhpe_g

"A prominent Syrian journalist filmaker who produced anti Islamic State documentaries was gunned down by unknown assailants in Gaziantep Turkey. This is the third assassination of a journalist in the country over the last three months..."

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Day After Dispersal, Anti-Govt, Pro-Kurdish Protesters Back in Turkish Cities (and vid)

https://www.rt.com/news/327334-turkey-curfews-president-union/

"A rally organized by Turkey's biggest unions is protesting government policies, which they feel are drawing the country closer to a civil war. The protesters demanded that the government stop its crackdown in predominatly Kurdish southern regions, where tight security measures including curfews were employed.

Ankara deployed up to 10,000 security troops and army soldiers this month in a 6-month offensive against militants from the outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK)..."

 

Turkey: A Criminal State, A NATO State  - by Eric Draitser

http://stopimperialism.org/turkey-a-criminal-state-a-nato-state

"It is now openly discussed even in mainstream media, that Turkey has been intimately involved in fomenting and supporting the war on Syria, with its ultimate goal the overthrow of the Syrian government and its replacement by a compliant proxy aligned with Turkish President Erdogan and the Muslim brotherhood.

That this is no longer a conspiracy theory but a conspiracy fact, not only vindicates my analysis over the last four years, but it also brings to the fore the nefarious role of a NATO member in stoking a brutal and bloody war for its own ends..."

The role of NATO-member Canada must also be examined..

NDPP

PKK Leader Cemily Bayik Interviewed by Le Monde - Comment #36

http://www.moonofalabama.org/2015/12/russias-quagmire-in-syria-turns-out...

"Founder of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) and one of the main leaders, Cemil Bayik agreed to meet with Le Monde, in the isolated mountains of Qandil, on the Iraqi-Iranian border, home to the headquarters of the Kurdish armed movement..."

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Kurdish Congress Meets in Eastern Turkey, Issues Declaration of Self Rule

http://newcoldwar.org/kurdish-congress-meets-in-eastern-turkey-issues-de...

"A two-day congress of the Kurdish Democratic Society held in the city of Diyorbakir ('Amed' in Kurdish) has called for self-rule amid heavy fighting in the Kurdish regions of eastern Turkey. The final resolution of the meeting, titled 'Declaration of Political Resolution Regarding Self-Rule,' has been translated by AFN English service below..."

NDPP

Erdogan's New Years Resolution: Be More Like Hitler

https://www.rt.com/op-edge/327729-erdogan-kurds-hitler-isis/

"On New Year's Eve the Turkish president described Adolf Hitler's Germany as an example of an effective presidential system...."

Canada's Hitler-loving NATO ally

NDPP

Ankara Has Decided To Wage an Open War Against the Kurds - US Historian

https://sputnkne.ws/awwT

"University of Michigan Professor Ronald G Suny believes Ankara has decided on an open military campaign against the Kurds...."

NATO Turkey, along with Saudi Arabia, Qatar and others, are NATO Canada's partners in the US-led coalition 'fighting' ISIS.

NDPP

This is How USA-Installed Puppets Go From Democratic Presidents to Despots and Terrorists When Their Time Comes (2014) - by Sibel Edmonds

http://www.boilingfrogspost.com/2014/01/18/turkish-pm-erdogan-the-speedy...

"The favorite puppet, who was previously characterized and promoted by the Empire as a favorite leader, moderate and democratic, is now being reintroduced to the public, here and abroad, as despotic, a dictator, corrupt and even a terrorist. Now comes the real question: why?"

 

Turkey, Erdogan and ISIS  -  by James Corbett (and vid)

http://theinternationalforecaster.com/International_Forecaster_Weekly/Tu...

"What on earth is going on in Turkey? Is Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan being undermined by NATO-linked, CIA-backed elements in his own country bent on toppling his presidency?"

 

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Interview with Turkey's HDP Party Co-Leader Selahattin Demirtas

http://newcoldwar.org/interview-with-turkeys-hdp-party-co-leader-selahat...

"HDP leader says Ankara has 'neither the power nor means' to eliminate Kurdish movement..."

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BREAKING: At Least 10 Killed, 15 Wounded in Suicide Bombing Near Tourists on Central Istanbul Square (and vid)

https://www.rt.com/news/328603-turkey-istanbul-blast-square/

Sucide bomber blast near group of tourists, Turkish government bans media reporting on the explosion...

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Erdogan Responsible For Crisis in Turkey: Chomsky

http://presstv.com/Detail/2016/01/14/445790/Erdogan-Turkey-Chomsky/

"Prominent US scholar Noam Chomsky has accused the Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan of having double standards on terrorism after Erdogan accused him of ignorance and sympathy with terrorists.

'Turkey blamed ISIL [for the attack on Istanbul] which Erdogan has been aiding in many ways, while also supporting al Nusra Front, which is hardly different. He then launched a tirade against those who condemn his crimes against Kurds - who happen to be the main ground force opposing ISIL in both Syria and Iraq. Is there any need for further comment?,'  the scholar argued.

In an open letter last month, Chomsky and hundreds of other scholars condemned Erdogan's clampdown on the Kurdish opposition, holding him responsible for the current 'crisis' in the country."

 

NDPP

PKK Steps Up Attacks on Security Forces in Turkey

https://youtu.be/dg6gm4TVEfU

Canada's NATO ally Turkey's 'anti-terrorist operations' continue against Kurdish regions, as does their resistance.

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Israel and Greece Accuse [NATO]Turkey of Funding ISIS, Smuggling Oil

https://youtu.be/qYuHLZFutRA

"Israel's defense minister has alleged that the Islamic State terror-group has long been funded with 'Turkish money'."

 

[NATO's] Turkey's Deal with the Devil: Will Israel's Accusations Finally Trigger Reaction From the West?

https://www.rt.com/op-edge/330304-isis-turkey-israel-greece/

Middle East analyst Catherine Shakdam thinks recent Israeli accusations may carry more weight with West than the same made repeatedly by Moscow. Will Canadian politicians react?

 

 

monty1

NDPP wrote:

Israel and Greece Accuse [NATO]Turkey of Funding ISIS, Smuggling Oil

https://youtu.be/qYuHLZFutRA

"Israel's defense minister has alleged that the Islamic State terror-group has long been funded with 'Turkish money'."

 

[NATO's] Turkey's Deal with the Devil: Will Israel's Accusations Finally Trigger Reaction From the West?

https://www.rt.com/op-edge/330304-isis-turkey-israel-greece/

Middle East analyst Catherine Shakdam thinks recent Israeli accusations may carry more weight with West than the same made repeatedly by Moscow. Will Canadian politicians react?

 

 

Hard one to figure NDPP, but it's almost certain that when the apartheid state makes a noise then they have already prearranged it with the US. We're been hoping for a long time that the US would finally come to understand that their support of 'it' would bring hurt to the US that would become too much for what it's worth to have a ME proxy that causes trouble strictly for their evil expansionist agenda.

I'm not optimistic. No US politician is going to impress on the people that the reason for 9/11 was revenge and in large part for the US support of the Zionist agenda.

NDPP

Thousands of Kurds Flee Diyarbakir After Curfew Expanded

http://www.presstv.com/Detail/2016/01/28/447631/Thousands-Kurds-flee-Diy...
"Twenty-four hour curfew expanded amid deadly clashes between the army and Kurdish militants."

 

'Bodies Remain in the Streets For Weeks': Anti-Kurdish Op Expanded

https://youtu.be/LgUJ3Y6CuhE

 

Turkish Soldier vs Kurdish Mother

https://youtu.be/UDKEaam61IE

"No matter what you do you will never defeat us...PKK Forever! Kurdistan Forever!"

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Death Toll Rises Among Kurds Trapped in Southeastern Cizne District Amid Govt Crackdown (and vid)

https://www.rt.com/news/330826-kurds-turkey-trapped-basement/

"...Dozens including women and children remain trapped."

 

Tell Turkey to Stop Killing Kurds!

(Mr) Selcuk Unal, Turkish Ambassador to Canada

[email protected]

iyraste1313

Turkey Shelling Russian Advisors in Syria, May lead to War

By GPD on February 1, 2016

Video proof of Turkey's attack on Russians in Syria

...so are our professional politicians prepared to continue ignoring reality and support our NATO Partner in a potential war?

Are we close to the brink here and must abandon the courtier class in Parliament?

Would be good to hear if anyone in Canada will demand answers for this!!

 

NDPP

Erdogan Presses Trudeau on Free Trade

http://www.embassynews.ca/news/2016/02/03/Erdogan-presses-Trudeau-on-fre...

"Turkey wants a free trade deal 'as soon as possible' with Canada and Ankara's top leaders have raised the matter personally with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and member of his cabinet, says Turkey's ambassador to Canada..."

NO Free Trade with Kurd-killing, ISIS-terrorism supporters!

[email protected]

NDPP

We've got Free Trade with the Nazi oligarchy in Ukraine, we've got Free Trade with Zionist Israel, Billion dollar gun-running deal to the head-choppers of Riyadh, Now Free Trade with terrorist Turkey. Business is business right JT?

 

Syrian Children Found in Turkish Garment Factory Making British High Street Brands

https://www.rt.com/uk/330849-syrian-refugees-children-factories/

"H&M and NEXT, two of Europe's biggest garment retailers have Syrian refugee children working in their supplier factories in Turkey, according to a report by a company ethics watchdog.

The admission has sparked concerns that the problem may be much more widespread and that many of the companies are keeping quiet about abuse.

The ethics watchdog estimates that 250,000 to 400,000 Syrian refugees work illegally in Turkey - the third largest supplier of clothing to Europe after China and Bangladesh.

Last month a report by the IMF found the refugee influx could deliver long term economic benefits to the EU..."

NO CANADA/TURKEY FREE TRADE - NO WEAPONS SALES TO SAUDI - NO IMPERIAL WARS - TROOPS/TRAINERS/JETS  - OUT NOW!

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Ecuador Slams Erdogan Guards For Attack on Pro-Kurdish Protest (and vid)

http://www.telesurtv.net/english/news/Ecuador-Slams-Erdogan-Guards-for-A...

"Supporters of the Kurdish struggle took to the streets Thursday, in Ecuador's capital Quito to protest Turkey's President Erdogan, who was in Ecuador on an official 2-day visit to finalize a trade deal.

Several protesters were attacked by Erdogan's security guards. The Kurdish solidarity demonstrators were protesting the Turkish government's recent operations in the majority Kurdish areas in the country's southeast..."

NDPP

Western Coalition Fragmenting...

'We Won't Agree on Everything': US Responds to Erdogan's Ultimatum on Kurds

https://youtu.be/9so8la_nmOc

"Riled by a meeting between a US official and the Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG), which controls the Syrian town of Kobany, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has told Washington to choose between Turkey and, as he put it, the 'terrorists.'

RT's Gayane Chichakayan went to the US State Department to get its reasons."

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Turkish Official Says Ankara, Jerusalem Close to Signing Detente Deal

http://www.timesofisrael.com/turkish-official-says-ankara-jerusalem-clos...

"Ankara and Jerusalem are close to reaching an agreement to compensate Turkish activists killed in a 2010 Israeli raid on a Gaza-bound flotilla, a ruling party official said..."

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Turkey Seeks to Abolish Kurds' Existence:  Prof James Petras (and vid)

http://217.218.67.231/Detail/2016/02/17/450850/Turkey-Syria-PKK-Erdogan-...

"Press TV has interviewed James Petras, a Middle East expert in New York about Turkey imposing a curfew in a region of the southeastern province of Sirnak as Ankara goes on with its operation against the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK).

'I think today Merkel is lining up with the Turkish regime and its call for the border regions. [a 10km buffer zone on Syrian territory] A no-fly border is really a signal for Turkish control and partrolling of northern Syria, and that is totally unacceptable to the major players in the region.

Russia in particular is not going to tolerate a territory in which ISIS (DAESH) and the terrorists can operate. They see the Turkish sanctuary for ISIS as a trampoline for training, arming and orienting Islamic terrorists to attack Russia, and I think that is totally unacceptable [to Russia] and Merkel should understand that.

But apparently she is so overwhelmed by the domestic problem of the refugees, she has to...side with Turkey, in hopes this will prevent the refugees from coming across the borders..."

 

NDPP

Turkey Has Turned Into A Bloodbath After Ankara Blast: Opposition

http://217.218.67.231/Detail/2016/02/18/451078/Turkey-bloodbath-Ankara-a...

"Turkey's main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) says the country had descended into a bloodbath following a deadly car-bomb explosion targeting military vehicles in the capital Ankara.

'The point we've arrived at is that the country has turned into a blood bath. It is a pity. It is wrong for this country. All of us are in pain. My heart is hurting. It is hurting deeply,' CHP leader Kemal Cilicderoglu told reporters on Thursday.

He further noted that Turkey is not being governed well under the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP)..."

NDPP

150 Allegedly 'Burned Alive by Turkish Military' During Crackdown on Turkish Workers Party, PKK (and vid)

https://www.rt.com/news/332951-kurds-burned-alive-turkey/

"A member of the Turkish parliament from the pro-Kurdish People's Democratic Party has accused the military of atrocities in Turkey's southeast, claiming they have 'burned alive' more than 150 people trapped in basements.

'In the Cizre district of Sirnak, around 150 people have been burned alive in different buildings by Turkish military forces. Some corpses were without heads. Some were burned so completely that autopsy was not possible,' Feleknas Uca told Sputnik.

While Uca's statements have not been confirmed by RT on the ground or verified by a third party, the MP warned that more people could face a similar fate as more than 200 people remain trapped inside buildings across the region.

'The situation in Diyarbakir is terrible. Its district Sur is seeing its 79th day of curfew. Two hundred people were trapped in basements and Turkey's special forces won't rescue them,' Uca said.

Today's Zaman newspaper reports that as of last Tuesday, the Cizre State hospital morgue had no space for bodies being brought in and they had been sent to other morgues in the region..."

Turkey: Stop Your War On Kurds! Stop Collective Punishment via ATO in Southeast

Ambassador Selcuk Unal, Ottawa

[email protected]

iyraste1313

Russian intelligence report on Turkey’s current assistance to Daesh Voltaire Network | Moscow (Russia) | 18 February 2016

NDPP

Ukraine's New Ally Turkey

https://newcoldwar.org/ukraines-new-ally-turkey/

"Turkish foreign policy in the Black Sea is becoming aggressively anti-Russian. Davutoglu said in Kyvi that Turkey does not consider Crimea to be Russian. 'For us, Crimea is a fundamental part of the territorial integrity and independence of Ukraine.'

The enemy of my enemy is my friend - thus is the issue of Ankara-Kiev relations decided."

Canada supports

Bec.De.Corbin Bec.De.Corbin's picture

And just think if they were still the Ottoman Empire... 

iyraste1313

Erdogan’s Plan, Islamic Empire or Armageddon
http://journal-neo.org/2016/02/20/erdogan-s-plan-islamic-empire-or-armageddon/

...Gordon Duff is no flake....I follow his info mostly pretty accurate and predictive...

okay it`s Saturday evening here, maybe 30 hours before the threatened invasion by Turkey Saudi Arabia, The Barzani Caliphate and the Gulf States, possibly the mightiest military force on the planet? And with both Saudi Arabia and Turkey armed with nuclear weapons, partially with the help of Israel!

With plans to overun the entire Middle East, move into Europe via its partner Georgia through the Ukraine?

Is this all just fantasy? Their military exercises of hundreds of thousands of military personnel, just idle threats?

Its sleeper cells of thousands of ISIL et al terrorists spread thoughout Europe..or is this just anti muslim mudslinging?

...we will see in a few hours!

montrealer58 montrealer58's picture

Armageddon might cause the S&P 500 futures to go down by a few points!

iyraste1313

RGENT: Turkey to CLOSE THE BOSPORUS STRAIT to all Russian Military Vessels!

Post by Newsroom

 

- Feb 21, 2016

  Turkey to CLOSE THE BOSPORUS STRAIT to all Russian Military Vessels!

 

Turkey intends to CLOSE the Bosporus Strait to Russian Naval Vessels, sealing them in (or out) of the Black Sea, claiming Russia is aiding "Kurd Terrorists" in Syria.

"Russia strengthens and supports PYD organization of Syria, (Kurds) which Ankara considers to be terrorists, and also responsible for the recent car Bombing in the Turkish Captial which left 28 dead.

 According to the pro-government Turkish daily "Sabah" Turkey complained that Russia, with its warships passing through the Straits toward the eastern Mediterranean, are carrying weapons and ammunition to supply the Kurds for "terrorist operations."

For this reason, Turkey says, it has the right to close the strait to the Russian Fleet.

In the past, Russia has publicly and specifically stated "Closing the Turkey Strait would automatically mean war."

 

Basement Dweller

Some are speculating that Turkish President Erdogan is simply bluffing, but others think he should be committed into a "madhouse" because his actions will destroy Turkey.

Both.

iyraste1313

Turkey has right to conduct ops in Syria, elsewhere to protect itself from terrorists – Erdogan

RT February 22, 2016

Turkey has the right to carry out military operations not only in Syria, but in any other country, which is hosting terror groups that threaten the Turkish state, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said.

Turkey has every right to conduct operations in Syria and the places where terror organizations are nested with regards to the struggle against the threats that Turkey faces,” Erdogan was cited as saying by the Hurriyet newspaper.

................he should be committed into a "madhouse" because his actions will destroy Turkey.

could destroy a lot more than just Turkey...remember Turkey and Saudi Arabia backed by Israel have tactial nukes...

so the noose is tightening what with the just agreed on ceasefire in Syria starting the 26th...will Erdogan be forced to take action before the ceasefire comes into effect?

NDPP

'OK, Big Brother': Turkish Military Cooperate with ISIS on Border

http://www.rt.com/news/333359-turkey-isis-military-cooperate/

"Ties between Turkish military and Islamic State fighters operating on the Syrian-Turkish border have received further proof in Cumhuriyet newspaper, who published more transcripts and telephone calls between the jihadists and officers."

More proof our NATO Turkish allies in the US-led coalition work with ISIS. This in addition to other allies like Qatar and Saudi who are also documented ISIS supporters. Not to mention Sam as the American ringmaster. The apparent indifference of our own leaders to this outlandish reality is telling. As is the fact ISIS managed to grow not shrink after more than a year of supposed coalition bombing.

It is high time for all to draw the appropriate conclusions about the West's Syria project and to indict all of those complicit in this massive and monstrous criminal undertaking.

iyraste1313

Top Secret/SC: Raw Intel Report on Turkey, Syria and Iraq By GPD on February 24, 2016

...a must read!

iyraste1313

Here is what we are seeing and why John Kerry “has some splain’in to do.”...from veteranstoday.com

  • The battles along the Aleppo road clearly demonstrate that ISIS has cut military supplies to forces fighting inside Aleppo city in partnership with Free Syria Army units as a coordinated and highly sophisticated military operation.  The idea of giving the FSA a pass during the upcoming cease fire is absurd.  They were long ago taken over by ISIS and al Nusra, their command structure ceased to exist and returned to their “day jobs” with Turkish intelligence and the “rank and file” of the FSA are now all mercenaries.
  • The US is totally aware of this and fully complicit.  Saudi fighters arrived at Incirlik air base in Turkey, a base they share with the US.  Last week Saudi Arabia brought up to 5 tactical nuclear weapons into Incirlik to use against Russian and Syrian forces as part of what John Kerry has coined “Plan B.”
  • Now we have information that Turkish intelligence, yesterday morning, delivered one tactical nuclear weapon to the city of Aleppo, where it is being used to blackmail the Syrian government into stopping military operations inside the city and leaving a phony moderate “American backed” and again as Ian says, “moderate head chopper” force in place in Aleppo.
  • Turkey is actively involved in military operations in Latakia, having moved artillery up to the border in support of Turkish military dressed as “moderate head choppers” who have retaken villages as seen in the Southfront video.
  • It has become increasingly clear that the United States is providing intelligence and combined warfare assistance to ISIS in both Syria and Iraq with American commanders “on the ground” in al Raqqah, Deir Ezzor, Mosul and until recently Ramadi and Fallujah, where they had to be extracted by helicopter in broad daylight recently.
  • Key to all of this are events in Erbil, the capitol of the KRG in Iraq.  There plans are being made to pull away from the Baghdad government with military support from the Turkish government which has already sent troops into Iraq despite protests by the government there.  It is the intent of Turkey to empower a “Barzani Caliphate” from the border of Iran, even into Turkey and taking a wide swath of Northern Syria.  Barzani has signed a secret agreement with Turkey to allow them to purge “communists” from this region, which in actuality would represent an ethnic cleansing of Kurds much as Turkey had done with Armenians in 1915.  The deal is this; Barzani will finally get his Kurdish nation except that Turkey has the right to march in, jail or kill who they want when they want while Barzani secretly or not so secretly works with his Israeli friends who hope Mr. Erdogan will fall down a flight of stairs in a “not so accidental” accident.  What they have planned for the Saudis is well along the way, a move that will soon turn Saudi Arabia into a full and total Israeli client state, something Israel may well need if ISIS, now totally out of control, ever conquers Syria.

 

NDPP

Erdogan, Genocide and ISIS - The Sultan is Doomed  - by Michael Collins

http://thesaker.is/erdogan-genocide-and-isis-the-sultan-is-doomed/

"Turkish President Recep Teyyip Erdogan's attempts to demonize the Syrian Kurd's YPG army and threaten and bully the US, are having the net effect of creating a powerful movement for his removal based on a rationale that will encourage the public in the US and Europe to forget the real culprits in the tragic attack on Syria and focus on charges of genocide leveled against ISIS.

The genocide charge will be tied to Erdogan as a result of his documented support for ISIS and ultimately doom his increasingly dictatorial rule of Turkey..."

NDPP

Unplugged Mid-Air: Ankara Cuts Pro-Kurdish TV Channel Over 'Terrorist Propaganda'

https://youtu.be/1Dthz1o2fkw

"An independent Turkish broadcaster was simply cut off-air right in the middle of an interview with two prominent opposition journalists."

NDPP

Takeover of Zaman Newspaper: End of Democracy in [NATO] Turkey

https://youtu.be/sG_SqMyvX0k

"The latest government takeover of the Zaman media outlet in Istanbul is 'not a suprise at all', a journalist says..."

 

Turkey is Butchering Its Kurds - Europe is Silent

https://t.co/IdFZxBXkha

 

NDPP

Zaman Co-Founder: 'Turkish Democracy in Dark Days, Freedom Targeted

https://youtu.be/SDW0VGNmw68

"Today is the second day people are protesting outside the headquarters of opposition newspaper 'Zaman'.

 

iyraste1313

Hmm! Another reason to set up an official legal political entity to be in position to launch legal actions?

 

........Turkey’s main opposition party has filed a lawsuit against the government of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, accusing Ankara of "aiding and abetting a terrorist organization."

The Republican People’s Party (CHP), Turkey’s main opposition party, has filed a criminal complaint against senior officials of the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP), including President Erdogan, Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu, National Intelligence Organization (MIT) Chief Hakan Fidan.

Read more: http://sputniknews.com/middleeast/20160308/1035979722/criminal-complaint-against-akp.html#ixzz42Xyv6E5a

NDPP

'Burned To Death, Beheaded' (and vid)

https://www.rt.com/news/335200-cizre-burned-beheaded-erdogan/

"Cizre Kurds accuse Erdogan's forces of civilian massacre..."

Canada's NATO ally hard at it.

iyraste1313

silence is complicity? all the political institutions of Canada?

iyraste1313

...make no mistake, the power of international boycott and sanctions!

 

from journal-net.org

And that’s exactly where the effect of Russian sanctions are kicking in, which were imposed by Moscow against Ankara in response to the downing of a Russian warplane over Syria. With the vacation season approaching rapidly, Turkey will find itself deprived of 3.5 million Russian tourists that had been visiting Turkey every year. The panic in the tourism sector of the Turkish economy has been on the rise recently with countless hotels in Antalya, Bodrum, Marmaris and Fethiye being put up for sale. After all, Russians are not the only ones who won’t go to Turkey this year. Europeans too, are going to be repelled by the massive exodus of migrants from Syria and Iraq that are being shipped to the EU via the Mediterranean and Aegean seas. It’s just too dangerous to go to Turkey these days. And the fact that ISIS has been planning new terrorist attacks in Turkey doesn’t make it any more attractive for foreign tourists either.

The agricultural industry is also in a diminished state, since it is based on feeding tourists and exporting its products to Russia, and none of these options are available currently. If the political and socioeconomic crisis in Turkey becomes worse, it won’t take long for Erdogan to be impeached. But he will be most certainly replaced by his faithful ally – Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu or his old contender – the former President Abdullah Gül who is being heavily supported by the US.
http://journal-neo.org/2016/03/12/turkey-would-soon-be-submerged-into-chaos/

kropotkin1951

Sanctions no matter which side uses them mainly hurt average people not the rich. They are an act of war against the population of another country.

NDPP

'City of Dead and Missing' - Kurdish Diyarbakir

https://youtu.be/wSctZVvV1Fo

"RT has visited Diyarbakir, the unofficial capital of the Turkish Kurds, to throw light on the gruesome consequences of Turkey's crackdown on the Kurdish population."

 

Turkish Govt in Full-Fledged Military Op Against Kurds

https://youtu.be/pLrEnuOpAlg

Russia's Commissioner for human rights on Turkish ATO against PKK and Kurds

Geoff

kropotkin1951 wrote:

Sanctions no matter which side uses them mainly hurt average people not the rich. They are an act of war against the population of another country.

Is this a general rule? For example, does it apply to the BDS campaign against Israel's treatment of the Palestinians?Foot in mouth

NDPP

BREAKING: Explosion Rocks Turkish Capital Ankara: 'Many Dead' - Reports

https://www.rt.com/news/335463-central-ankara-blast-sunday/

 

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