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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I wonder how many Americans know that Turkey, where Rumeysa Ozturk is from, is currently experiencing mass civil unrest after the leader, Recep Erdogan, unjustly imprisoned his political rival, the popular mayor of Istanbul and his main political rival. Many of the protestors are students and they have been engaging in pro-democracy demonstrations since the mayor's arrest in March.

The irony of a Turkish student imprisoned by the Trump regime (in the freaking UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, people!) for exercising her free speech at the same time that students and others in her home country are fighting for their democracy and being jailed for expressing their free speech is huge, as are the similarities between our so-called democracy and those of a country that claims to be one but is ruled by an authoritarian.

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/turkey-erdogan-protests-ekrem-imamoglu-prison-istanbul-mayor-rcna197925
https://www.globalissues.org/news/2025/04/11/39593
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A colleague of mine escaped from Turkey for protesting the US government. He was granted asylum in the US, and he can never go back to Turkey while Erdogan is in power because there is a warrant for his arrest for speaking out against the government. His completely innocent mom went to jail too because of his actions. Our government is no different from Turkey now. [/quote]

I'm the PP you're responding to. Please tell everyone you know about your colleague's experience and how it compares to Ozturk's. I am sharing this story as well because so few Americans seem to realize how fragile our democracy is right now. They've never had to fight for it like so many in other countries. [/quote]

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