Re:RIP Turkey, 1921 – 2017
by jacquesm on Monday April 17, 2017 @05:35PM
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> but it wasn't exactly a wonderland before the Islamic revolution either.
No, the Shah was pretty brutal. Besides SAVAK there were many other really bad episodes, one of which I read about some years ago but have never forgotten about as the epitome of decadency:
No, the Shah was pretty brutal. Besides SAVAK there were many other really bad episodes, one of which I read about some years ago but have never forgotten about as the epitome of decadency:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2,500_year_celebration_of_the_...