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Earlier today "Turkey’s Erdogan Now Says He’ll Shut Down Twitter, Too" http://time.com/32339/turkey-erdogan-twitter/ http://time.com/32339/turkey-erdogan-twitt
by boolean 13y ago
Earlier today "Turkey’s Erdogan Now Says He’ll Shut Down Twitter, Too"
http://time.com/32339/turkey-erdogan-twitter/ http://time.com/32339/turkey-erdogan-twitter/
- cclogg 13y agoWow: “I don’t care what the international community says. Everyone will witness the power of the Turkish Republic.” Did he actually say that? In regards to shutting down twitter to stop a scandal? If you truly weren't responsible for w/e scandal, then wouldn't you just not care? Edit: Also that line seems perfect for a James Bond villain lol.
- ctekin 13y agoHe did say that. He's out of control unfortunately.
- aytekin 13y agoHe is really one of those James Bond villains. The sentence describes his state of mind: He is the best thing for the country, so any resistance, corruption news, and protest cannot come from people of this country. It must be a conspiracy of the west. So, by blocking twitter, he is blocking west's conspiracy. He started believing his own propaganda. The truth is people who vote for him is mostly poorer Turks, and those people don't care about twitter.
- archagon 13y agoIt seems there are a couple of countries with the same problem in their leadership. How the F do these people get into power?
- theverse 13y agoPlease don't call it leadership, it's dictatorial power.
- randomafrican 13y agoMany of them actually get power-hungry while in power. Especially the ones who get elected after spending some time in the opposition under not-so-democratic regimes.