Recep Tayyip Erdoğan: Difference between revisions

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Nationwide protests against the perceived authoritarianism of Erdoğan's government began in May 2013, with the internationally criticised police crackdown resulting in 22 deaths and the stalling of EU membership negotiations. Following a split with long-time ally Fethullah Gülen, Erdoğan brought about large-scale judicial reforms that were criticised for threatening judicial independence, but which Erdoğan insisted were necessary to purge sympathisers of the preacher Fethullah Gülen. A US$100 billion government corruption scandal in 2013 led to the arrests of Erdoğan's close allies, with Erdoğan himself incriminated after a recording was released on social media. Erdoğan's government has since come under fire for alleged human rights violations and crackdown on press and social media, having blocked access to Twitter, Facebook and YouTube on numerous occasions. Erdoğan's government lifted the bans upon court orders. Opposition journalists and politicians have criticised authoritarian tendencies. Analysts suggest that Turkey is a majoritarian democracy. Erdoğan's proponents suggest that since the attempted coup, press restrictions are changing, Erdoğan's government dropped charges against the secular Doğan Group, including Hurriyet paper after it was alleged that the $4.5 billion tax fraud charge was initially perpetrated by Gülenist officers. In the aftermath of the coup attempt, Erdoğan issued a Presidential pardon against those who 'insulted' him. Erdoğan aims to bring the executive Presidency to a referendum in 2017, with a bill likely to pass parliament due to agreement between Erdoğan's conservative AKP and the nationalist [[Nationalist Movement Party|MHP]] .

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{{Quote|They say to me, "You're Rizel. You're Laz." I said, "I'm not Laz" I went, I asked my father. My father asked his great grandfather. It was a break. He replied: "We will die tomorrow, and Allah will ask us: Who is your Lord, who is your religion, and what is your religion? When they ask you, please go to 'Alhamdulillah Muslim'.|The speech ~~of Siirt~~, which caused Erdoğan's to be sentenced in 1997.}}

{{Quote|They say to me, "You're Rizel. You're Laz." I said, "I'm not Laz" I went, I asked my father. My father asked his great grandfather. It was a break. He replied: "We will die tomorrow, and Allah will ask us: Who is your Lord, who is your religion, and what is your religion? When they ask you, please go to 'Alhamdulillah Muslim'.|The Siirt speech, which caused Erdoğan's to be sentenced in 1997.}}

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 Nationwide protests against the perceived authoritarianism of Erdoğan's government began in May 2013, with the internationally criticised police crackdown resulting in 22 deaths and the stalling of EU membership negotiations. Following a split with long-time ally Fethullah Gülen, Erdoğan brought about large-scale judicial reforms that were criticised for threatening judicial independence, but which Erdoğan insisted were necessary to purge sympathisers of the preacher Fethullah Gülen. A US$100 billion government corruption scandal in 2013 led to the arrests of Erdoğan's close allies, with Erdoğan himself incriminated after a recording was released on social media. Erdoğan's government has since come under fire for alleged human rights violations and crackdown on press and social media, having blocked access to Twitter, Facebook and YouTube on numerous occasions. Erdoğan's government lifted the bans upon court orders. Opposition journalists and politicians have criticised authoritarian tendencies. Analysts suggest that Turkey is a majoritarian democracy. Erdoğan's proponents suggest that since the attempted coup, press restrictions are changing, Erdoğan's government dropped charges against the secular Doğan Group, including Hurriyet paper after it was alleged that the $4.5 billion tax fraud charge was initially perpetrated by Gülenist officers. In the aftermath of the coup attempt, Erdoğan issued a Presidential pardon against those who 'insulted' him. Erdoğan aims to bring the executive Presidency to a referendum in 2017, with a bill likely to pass parliament due to agreement between Erdoğan's conservative AKP and the nationalist [[Nationalist Movement Party|MHP]] .
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-{{Quote|They say to me, "You're Rizel. You're Laz." I said, "I'm not Laz" I went, I asked my father. My father asked his great grandfather. It was a break. He replied: "We will die tomorrow, and Allah will ask us: Who is your Lord, who is your religion, and what is your religion? When they ask you, please go to 'Alhamdulillah Muslim'.|The speech of Siirt, which caused Erdoğan's to be sentenced in 1997.}}
+{{Quote|They say to me, "You're Rizel. You're Laz." I said, "I'm not Laz" I went, I asked my father. My father asked his great grandfather. It was a break. He replied: "We will die tomorrow, and Allah will ask us: Who is your Lord, who is your religion, and what is your religion? When they ask you, please go to 'Alhamdulillah Muslim'.|The Siirt speech, which caused Erdoğan's to be sentenced in 1997.}}
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