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Re:Wikipedia blocked in Turkey by lubonay on Saturday April 29, 2017 @06:28AM (#14225882)
Isn't it kinda undemocratic for "the West" to go in and overthrow an, ironically enough, democratically elected dictator?
Re:Wikipedia blocked in Turkey by kyriakos on Saturday April 29, 2017 @08:42AM (#14226303)
As someone living in Cyprus an island who has serious issues with Turkey, overthrowing Erdogan scares me more than Erdogan being a dictator.

At this point at least we know Erdogan's issues stay inside Turkey. If someone unsuccessfully tries to overthrow him no one can predict what his reaction will be. From invading Greece to a civil war that will end with hundreds of thousands dead.

If he is successfully overthrown, we'll have a new Iraq for a decade before the area stabilizes. Either way there's no clean solution.

Re:Wikipedia blocked in Turkey by _Adam on Saturday April 29, 2017 @06:50AM (#14225948)
It's also destabilizing. Look at Libya, Iraq, 1970s Iran, etc.

Ukraine is the only example where an autocrat was removed from power without the entire country falling into chaos. They were fortunate to lose control over just Crimea and the eastern zone.

Re:Wikipedia blocked in Turkey by mkempe on Saturday April 29, 2017 @07:08AM (#14225999)
Germany, 1945
Re:Wikipedia blocked in Turkey by duncanawoods on Saturday April 29, 2017 @07:38AM (#14226096)
It required killing 7 million Germans, 10% of the population. I guess if you kill enough people, that does reduce certain types of chaos... but a world war is basically peak chaos.
Re:Wikipedia blocked in Turkey by mkempe on Saturday April 29, 2017 @08:15AM (#14226217)
Did these Germans die because Hitler was in power, or because he was removed from power?
Re:Wikipedia blocked in Turkey by minusSeven on Saturday April 29, 2017 @01:12PM (#14227553)
I am not sure about truly democratically elected part, but if its truly democratically elected it should be fine with the rest of the world.