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Re:Turkish academics: Remain silent or risk all by bogomipz on Friday July 29, 2016 @03:17PM (#12189234)
Sure, you mean like academics and journalists jailed without a trial? Torture?
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Re:Turkish academics: Remain silent or risk all by AnimalMuppet on Friday July 29, 2016 @03:24PM (#12189279)
The real "Night of the Long Knives" was death, not jail or even torture.
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Re:Turkish academics: Remain silent or risk all by risyasin on Friday July 29, 2016 @03:30PM (#12189326)
Well, historical events should be compared within their context. 90 years after in a country still in NATO, one can not kill the other easily. But arresting and expecting them to die in jail or commit suicide should be equal to Night of long knives.
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Re:Turkish academics: Remain silent or risk all by AnimalMuppet on Friday July 29, 2016 @04:36PM (#12189794)
Yes, it could come to that. I fear that it will. But at this time, the comparison is inappropriate.
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Re:Turkish academics: Remain silent or risk all by bogomipz on Friday July 29, 2016 @05:28PM (#12190159)
Yes and I admitted it probably wasn't the best historical comparison. But given that that less than five years ago this country was being touted as a model for democracy, religious moderation and pluralism for the region, I don't that it's that it's entirely inappropriate.
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Re:Turkish academics: Remain silent or risk all by AnimalMuppet on Friday July 29, 2016 @06:01PM (#12190367)
You mean, the abrupt change rather than the actual details of the event? Yes, I guess I can see that...
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Re:Turkish academics: Remain silent or risk all by bogomipz on Saturday July 30, 2016 @04:56AM (#12192225)
Yes.
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