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Re:Turkish academics: Remain silent or risk all by stale2002 on Friday July 29, 2016 @03:31PM (#12189333)
And what happens if Erdogan refuses to give up power, despite any elections?

Will you still support "democracy" then or will you be in favor of a coup?

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Re:Turkish academics: Remain silent or risk all by gokhan on Friday July 29, 2016 @06:59PM (#12190688)
In a normal democracy, he'll get arrested for doing that, no? :) Of course, if he refuses than he'll sure have a military power backing him, be it the police force or a part of the military or both. And that's just another coup, I expect the same response we showed against Jul 15th coup attempt: uprising and sane part of the military's action.
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Re:Turkish academics: Remain silent or risk all by JohnLeTigre on Friday July 29, 2016 @05:15PM (#12190063)
You would need a military who's primary mission is to uphold democracy in a non partisan way, much like the Turkish army since Ataturk's Reforms.
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Re:Turkish academics: Remain silent or risk all by afsina on Friday July 29, 2016 @03:52PM (#12189472)
How likely do you think it is? To me extremely low.
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