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Reader comment on item: Why I Rooted for the Turkish Coup Attempt
Submitted by fred schwartz (United States), Jul 20, 2016 at 19:11
Please do not feel alone or lonely on this issue. Erdogan has betrayed hopes for democracy in turkey as he has shut down dissent. He is flirting with extreme Islamist elements.
And in the aftermath of the coup attempt he is now instituting a reign of terror.
Best wishes on your work.
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| Thank you Mr Pipes - my response [373 words] | Philip | Mar 11, 2017 08:02 | 237498 | ||
| Why the difference between the West and Turks' point of view here? [138 words] | Solomon2 | Sep 16, 2016 14:36 | 232749 | ||
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| The elephant in the room [118 words] | Tony | Aug 12, 2016 06:31 | 231298 | |
| Question [18 words] w/response from Daniel Pipes | Alan Glazman | Aug 4, 2016 17:21 | 231202 | ||
| What about the Gulenist network in America? [76 words] w/response from Daniel Pipes | Solomon2 | Jul 26, 2016 09:33 | 230889 | ||
| Was it truly a ssecular coup? [124 words] w/response from Daniel Pipes | Kepha Hor | Jul 25, 2016 11:20 | 230851 | ||
| What course will Turkey now take? [41 words] w/response from Daniel Pipes | Steve | Jul 22, 2016 13:31 | 230722 | ||
| "A stronger NATO"? I don't think so [371 words] | Michael S | Jul 31, 2016 12:36 | 230722 | ||
| 2 | Islamist coup in Turkey [6325 words] w/response from Daniel Pipes | Petros Houhoulis | Jul 22, 2016 04:23 | 230655 | |
| A New Report In Sweden Reveals Erdoğan Orchestrated July 15 Coup In Turkey [1456 words] | Petros Houhoulis | Jul 20, 2017 15:24 | 230655 | ||
| The new reality: Dictatorship, dictatorship and more dictatorship [321 words] | Michael S | Jul 22, 2016 00:26 | 230631 | ||
| Me Too! [106 words] | Jerry | Jul 21, 2016 16:03 | 230587 | ||
| The Western Dandy leaders can't deal with Erdogan. [139 words] | Michael S | Jul 29, 2016 05:30 | 230587 | ||
| 1933 Revisited? [238 words] | Dr. Jack Lawson | Jul 21, 2016 09:31 | 230561 | ||
| 2 | Turkey's occupation of Cyprus [51 words] | DaveP | Jul 21, 2016 05:02 | 230555 | |
| Islamismo Turco y Europa. [167 words] | Rafael | Jul 21, 2016 03:07 | 230553 | ||
| Islamists came out of the woodwork [79 words] | ada | Jul 21, 2016 01:03 | 230550 | ||
| 1 | A successful coup would have been better [117 words] | Ron Thompson | Jul 20, 2016 23:25 | 230548 | |
| 2 |  turkey [52 words] | fred schwartz | Jul 20, 2016 19:11 | 230544 | |
| The More Things Change [19 words] | Barry Black | Jul 20, 2016 17:16 | 230538 | ||
| 1 | I, too, rooted for the coup [163 words] | Ann Wiggins | Jul 20, 2016 15:26 | 230535 | |
| 2 | Was the attempted coup genuine? [80 words] w/response from Daniel Pipes | Rich Mc | Jul 20, 2016 13:08 | 230534 | |
| Too Late [32 words] | Barry Black | Jul 21, 2016 08:50 | 230534 | ||
| False flag [43 words] | Alan | Aug 19, 2016 17:13 | 230534 | ||
| exceptional analysis [34 words] | Timothy Hadley | Jul 20, 2016 13:00 | 230532 | ||
| Not a minority of one: I also rooted for the Turkish coup attempt! [41 words] | Daniel Bamford | Jul 20, 2016 10:33 | 230530 | ||
| 1 | Turkey's Coup [178 words] | Mark in St. Louis MO | Jul 20, 2016 10:05 | 230529 | |
| You Are Not Alone [136 words] | Stuart Weiss | Jul 20, 2016 09:10 | 230528 | ||
| This coup like the coup in Ukraine and many other places around the world since end WWII - designed by US. [116 words] | S. Latz | Jul 20, 2016 09:01 | 230527 | ||
| 4 | At first, I hoped it would succeed. But then... [260 words] w/response from Daniel Pipes | There is NO Santa Claus | Jul 20, 2016 08:39 | 230526 | |
| 1 | Isolated Opinion- really?? Like Reichstagbrand 27 Feb 1933 [255 words] | From Germany | Jul 20, 2016 08:19 | 230525 | |
| The Pakistanization of Turkey [7 words] | car | Jul 20, 2016 03:04 | 230521 | ||
| How Obtuse Are Our Leaders? [121 words] | Dave | Jul 19, 2016 20:26 | 230515 | ||
| 1 | Members of the terrorist group The Muslim Brotherhood must have been having panic attacks following the coup attempt [61 words] | dhimmi no more | Jul 19, 2016 11:43 | 230513 | |
| The Paradox That is Turkey - Why Erdoǧan Remained - This Time [192 words] | M Tovey | Jul 18, 2016 16:35 | 230502 | ||
| Recep Tayyip Erdogan had it coming [122 words] | YJ Draiman | Jul 18, 2016 15:29 | 230501 | ||
| 1 | Minority of One --- But Absolutely Right [104 words] | Domenic Pepe | Jul 18, 2016 12:25 | 230496 | |
| 1 | Not alone [96 words] | Marc Whitney | Jul 18, 2016 11:57 | 230494 |
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