It’s not hard to see why the CIA pushed so hard for a coup in Turkey.
Erdogan works with then, to a degree. He also works with Russia, to a degree.
But his positions on anal are simply intolerable to any self-respecting intelligence agent.
Turkish activists have defied a ban to stage an annual gay pride march in Istanbul a month after Turkey’s election followed a homophobic and hate-filled campaign.
A few hundred demonstrators waving rainbow flags held rallies including in Istanbul’s upmarket Nişantaşı neighborhood after being banned from Taksim Square – the venue of 2013 anti-government protests.
Turkey’s LGBTQ+ community fears more pressure after the conservative president, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, won the May vote to extend his rule until 2028.
This year’s pride march started and finished earlier than expected without any street clashes or police violence, according to AFP journalists on the ground.
More than 40 activists were detained, according to protesting groups.
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Erol Önderoğlu of Reporters Without Borders, criticised the police blockade of journalists at almost every social event around the square. “The reality is that journalists’ rights are violated arbitrarily,” he tweeted.
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“By ramping up anti-LGBTI rhetoric, the government has helped whip up prejudice, emboldening anti-LGBTI groups in Turkey, some of which have called for violence against LGBTI communities,” Amnesty International Europe director, Nils Muižnieks, warned on Friday.
“Under the pretext of protecting family values, the authorities are denying LGBTI people the right to live freely,” he said.
If the CIA had succeeded in overthrowing Erdogan in the last election cycle, it probably would have turned out very bad for them.
Turks really don’t like the Americanization of their country. They don’t like faggots or women. Unlike most Islamic countries, they already had a big experiment with Westernization, and everyone hated it.
If the West ever successfully installed one of their own guys, he would quickly be overthrown and replaced with someone a lot more hardcore than Erdogan.