Turkey's Teachers are Toast

From Fox News Wednesday 7/20/16:
Turkish Higher Ed Council bans academics from traveling abroad and urges those overseas to return home immediately...Move comes as the gov't engages in widespread crackdown on those it suspects of involvement in Fri's failed coup...On Tuesday, authorities demanded resignation of 1,577 university deans, revoked licenses of 21,000 teachers and suspended 15,000 education ministry officials...

It's all over; freedom of thought is no longer legal in Turkey. From now on, It will be History, Philosophy and Civics according to Erdogan. Some will blame it on the Evil Muslims, but it's the same move that was made by China, by Russia, and probably by every other country that devolved into authoritarian rule. What will the next generation of Turkey's people believe? What they have learned, what is available for them to discover. The lights are going out in Turkey.

Let's make sure that never happens in our country. When some of you call our education system sheer shit and call our schools "indoctrination camps," think about what a real indoctrination camp is. Think about what is actually at stake when you call for making the public school curriculum and colleges less liberal-minded. Liberal-minded education gives both sides of the story, the winners and the losers. The people can decide if they want to take a side or just understand both. We would not have had a Revolution or be a country founded on the principles of the Enlightenment if our founding fathers had not learned the philosophies that shaped our Constitution and our country. The kings may not have been crazy about these ideas, but the words of the philosophers were in our libraries and were discussed by the thinkers of the time.

Why do I worry? What happened in Turkey can't happen here; that's absurd, right? On Wednesday, Trump told the New York Times “I give great credit to [Erdogan] for being able to turn that around,” praising Erdogan’s crackdown in response to an attempted military coup last week. Trump has shown admiration for Putin and Saddam Hussein, as well I do worry.


Read more: Trump Doesn’t Care About Erdogan’s Purges, Says He May Not Honor NATO Treaty

Trump said? as a person I ADMIRE SADAAM? or did he comment on one item of his actions that seemed effective?

Trump said? as a person I Admire Putin?-----or did he comment on one item of his actions that seemed effective?

----even a broken clock is right two times pre day
What I don't like is that Trump commented on strongarm tactics by all of these men he thought were effective--worthy of his admiration. They were tactics by dictators that would never fly in this democratic country. No one denies they are effective but I sure as hell don't want a leader here who uses them.

right----he picked out a few items of their "accomplishments" which in his opinion seems to be ----sometimes a bit of strong-arm is NECESSARY-------he is right ----sometimes stuff like
MARTIAL LAW---is necessary------sometimes something LIKE---sorta
Well, I'm just a simple soul and I like hearing his VP say he admired JFK and MLK. That I can relate to. Putin, Hussein, Erdogan--not so much. I know strong leadership is sometimes necessary, but it doesn't have to run over the people. Not if you're good at leading.
 
From Fox News Wednesday 7/20/16:
Turkish Higher Ed Council bans academics from traveling abroad and urges those overseas to return home immediately...Move comes as the gov't engages in widespread crackdown on those it suspects of involvement in Fri's failed coup...On Tuesday, authorities demanded resignation of 1,577 university deans, revoked licenses of 21,000 teachers and suspended 15,000 education ministry officials...

It's all over; freedom of thought is no longer legal in Turkey. From now on, It will be History, Philosophy and Civics according to Erdogan. Some will blame it on the Evil Muslims, but it's the same move that was made by China, by Russia, and probably by every other country that devolved into authoritarian rule. What will the next generation of Turkey's people believe? What they have learned, what is available for them to discover. The lights are going out in Turkey.

Let's make sure that never happens in our country. When some of you call our education system sheer shit and call our schools "indoctrination camps," think about what a real indoctrination camp is. Think about what is actually at stake when you call for making the public school curriculum and colleges less liberal-minded. Liberal-minded education gives both sides of the story, the winners and the losers. The people can decide if they want to take a side or just understand both. We would not have had a Revolution or be a country founded on the principles of the Enlightenment if our founding fathers had not learned the philosophies that shaped our Constitution and our country. The kings may not have been crazy about these ideas, but the words of the philosophers were in our libraries and were discussed by the thinkers of the time.

Why do I worry? What happened in Turkey can't happen here; that's absurd, right? On Wednesday, Trump told the New York Times “I give great credit to [Erdogan] for being able to turn that around,” praising Erdogan’s crackdown in response to an attempted military coup last week. Trump has shown admiration for Putin and Saddam Hussein, as well I do worry.


Read more: Trump Doesn’t Care About Erdogan’s Purges, Says He May Not Honor NATO Treaty

Trump said? as a person I ADMIRE SADAAM? or did he comment on one item of his actions that seemed effective?

Trump said? as a person I Admire Putin?-----or did he comment on one item of his actions that seemed effective?

----even a broken clock is right two times pre day


In the middle east, the strong man that controls the militant and extremists maintains peace, even if he is a terrible person and ruler.
The chaos now is worse for many than oppression by the likes of a Saddam.

Right and wrong are not the same in other parts of the world. American's are too idealistic and not realistic enough.

Admire? perhaps not the right word. What exists now is worse and far more threatening.

Politics and power are different over there. Americans think everyone plays by the same handbook, far from it. Americans are playing candy land while other parts of a the world are playing something more akin to Go, with a strategy looking ahead for centuries not decades.
 
From Fox News Wednesday 7/20/16:
Turkish Higher Ed Council bans academics from traveling abroad and urges those overseas to return home immediately...Move comes as the gov't engages in widespread crackdown on those it suspects of involvement in Fri's failed coup...On Tuesday, authorities demanded resignation of 1,577 university deans, revoked licenses of 21,000 teachers and suspended 15,000 education ministry officials...

It's all over; freedom of thought is no longer legal in Turkey. From now on, It will be History, Philosophy and Civics according to Erdogan. Some will blame it on the Evil Muslims, but it's the same move that was made by China, by Russia, and probably by every other country that devolved into authoritarian rule. What will the next generation of Turkey's people believe? What they have learned, what is available for them to discover. The lights are going out in Turkey.

Let's make sure that never happens in our country. When some of you call our education system sheer shit and call our schools "indoctrination camps," think about what a real indoctrination camp is. Think about what is actually at stake when you call for making the public school curriculum and colleges less liberal-minded. Liberal-minded education gives both sides of the story, the winners and the losers. The people can decide if they want to take a side or just understand both. We would not have had a Revolution or be a country founded on the principles of the Enlightenment if our founding fathers had not learned the philosophies that shaped our Constitution and our country. The kings may not have been crazy about these ideas, but the words of the philosophers were in our libraries and were discussed by the thinkers of the time.

Why do I worry? What happened in Turkey can't happen here; that's absurd, right? On Wednesday, Trump told the New York Times “I give great credit to [Erdogan] for being able to turn that around,” praising Erdogan’s crackdown in response to an attempted military coup last week. Trump has shown admiration for Putin and Saddam Hussein, as well I do worry.


Read more: Trump Doesn’t Care About Erdogan’s Purges, Says He May Not Honor NATO Treaty

Trump said? as a person I ADMIRE SADAAM? or did he comment on one item of his actions that seemed effective?

Trump said? as a person I Admire Putin?-----or did he comment on one item of his actions that seemed effective?

----even a broken clock is right two times pre day
What I don't like is that Trump commented on strongarm tactics by all of these men he thought were effective--worthy of his admiration. They were tactics by dictators that would never fly in this democratic country. No one denies they are effective but I sure as hell don't want a leader here who uses them.
I think his comment was that it has now been demonstrated that some places NEED such leaders and they should have been left alone. He's right.
As a Monday morning quarterback, he's dead on, isn't he? But his comments were not to demonstrate that point.
 
That's what happens when you let a religious nut/authoritarian come to power, next thing you know there is wide spead voter suppression in order to retain power.

Don't think it can't happen here.
You have nothing to worry about Trump loves gay marriages and Pence well he changes his mind when the people rebel.
 
That's what happens when you let a religious nut/authoritarian come to power, next thing you know there is wide spead voter suppression in order to retain power.

Don't think it can't happen here.
its a good thing cruz aint running....
CRUZ is the problem? OMG.

to whom is Cruz a problem?
People that believe when you sign a pledge and make an agreement you stick by that pledge or agreement.
 
its a good thing cruz aint running....
CRUZ is the problem? OMG.

to whom is Cruz a problem?
Ask Harry.
i never said he was a problem,you did.....
Yet another poster with serious reading challenges.
really?....care to show me were i said cruz is the problem?...i can show you were you said it....
 
CRUZ is the problem? OMG.

to whom is Cruz a problem?
Ask Harry.
i never said he was a problem,you did.....
Yet another poster with serious reading challenges.
really?....care to show me were i said cruz is the problem?...i can show you were you said it....
Would you please, Harry? That would clear up a lot for me.
 
How do we do that here? We might have a future if we can.
If you were King of the World, what changes would you make to America's education system? One thing you would either teach that isn't, or eliminate that is. And why.
I would shitcan the union my first day on the throne. Why? They protect the incompetent and make it more about a good job instead of what should come first, the kids. I would also let parents send kids to a school of their choosing. That would create competition, empty schools get no funds.
I believe Erdogan could have done that without firing 38,000 people and, according to Aris2, killing the majority of them. Why do you think he has taken over higher education? There is something in the content he finds threatening to his cause. Do you see how I might worry that some people in this country would like to eliminate all competing views in the education system, too?
I was commenting on this place, not Turkey. I don't like a dictator turning a secular culture into yet another Islamofascist stronghold. Where's the UN? What are they good for?
 
Fake Putin: also in the same cast as Gulen
Jul 21 - Russian state news agency TASS:
"Moscow counting on Ankara fulfilling request for most severe punishment for those guilty of death of Russian pilot."
For dummies:
Part of the agenda "reinstall death penalty", one of the "consequences" of the fake Turkey coup, to legally execute anyone for any "crime"
..
BASICS
Turkey: FAKE Coup attempt, Illuminati theater, SCRIPT exposed: suppress sunni opposition to Syria Invasion
Protest Suppression Techniques, by the Illuminati: Turkey: FAKE Coup attempt, Illuminati theater, SCRIPT exposed:suppress sunni opposition to Syria Invasion

Russian jet goes down in flames behind mountain - HOAX: computer graphics video
Illuminati Theater: Turkey downs russian jet hoax computer graphics video same as 9/11 planes

Same as "Fleeing Turkish troops fear death if sent home from Greece:" to have it end as "even Greece deported them to be executed, there's no place left to run to".
Fleeing Turkish troops fear death if sent home from Greece: lawyer
 
How do we do that here? We might have a future if we can.
If you were King of the World, what changes would you make to America's education system? One thing you would either teach that isn't, or eliminate that is. And why.
I would shitcan the union my first day on the throne. Why? They protect the incompetent and make it more about a good job instead of what should come first, the kids. I would also let parents send kids to a school of their choosing. That would create competition, empty schools get no funds.
I believe Erdogan could have done that without firing 38,000 people and, according to Aris2, killing the majority of them. Why do you think he has taken over higher education? There is something in the content he finds threatening to his cause. Do you see how I might worry that some people in this country would like to eliminate all competing views in the education system, too?
I was commenting on this place, not Turkey. I don't like a dictator turning a secular culture into yet another Islamofascist stronghold. Where's the UN? What are they good for?

The UN is worthless.
 
How do we do that here? We might have a future if we can.
If you were King of the World, what changes would you make to America's education system? One thing you would either teach that isn't, or eliminate that is. And why.
I would shitcan the union my first day on the throne. Why? They protect the incompetent and make it more about a good job instead of what should come first, the kids. I would also let parents send kids to a school of their choosing. That would create competition, empty schools get no funds.
I believe Erdogan could have done that without firing 38,000 people and, according to Aris2, killing the majority of them. Why do you think he has taken over higher education? There is something in the content he finds threatening to his cause. Do you see how I might worry that some people in this country would like to eliminate all competing views in the education system, too?
I was commenting on this place, not Turkey. I don't like a dictator turning a secular culture into yet another Islamofascist stronghold. Where's the UN? What are they good for?
I wasn't really expecting an answer, so that's okay. I don't like what he's doing either, so mark the calendar. Iceweasel and OldLady agree on something for the first time in history.
 
How do we do that here? We might have a future if we can.
If you were King of the World, what changes would you make to America's education system? One thing you would either teach that isn't, or eliminate that is. And why.
I would shitcan the union my first day on the throne. Why? They protect the incompetent and make it more about a good job instead of what should come first, the kids. I would also let parents send kids to a school of their choosing. That would create competition, empty schools get no funds.
I believe Erdogan could have done that without firing 38,000 people and, according to Aris2, killing the majority of them. Why do you think he has taken over higher education? There is something in the content he finds threatening to his cause. Do you see how I might worry that some people in this country would like to eliminate all competing views in the education system, too?
I was commenting on this place, not Turkey. I don't like a dictator turning a secular culture into yet another Islamofascist stronghold. Where's the UN? What are they good for?
I wasn't really expecting an answer, so that's okay. I don't like what he's doing either, so mark the calendar. Iceweasel and OldLady agree on something for the first time in history.
I gave you an answer. I was also clearly talking about the US. Can you READ?
 
to whom is Cruz a problem?
Ask Harry.
i never said he was a problem,you did.....
Yet another poster with serious reading challenges.
really?....care to show me were i said cruz is the problem?...i can show you were you said it....
Would you please, Harry? That would clear up a lot for me.
so you just throw shit out there about people that isnt true?......i did not think you were like that....but hey,as Gomer Pyle used to say...."surprise,surprise".....
 
Even if he can't detonate them, he has control of 8000 kilotons of nuclear weapons that belong to the US and NATO.

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Turkish authorities have reportedly detained a senior air force general and other officers accused of backing the failed coup aimed at ousting President Recep.


Wouldn't ISIS like to get their hands on that
Do you think Erdogan is friends with ISIS?


Turkey has been buying oil from ISIS. They both want the be rid of the kurds.
Friends? Utilize maybe. There are few real friend in the middle east that are lasting. Even so, check their sleeves for knives
 
That's what happens when you let a religious nut/authoritarian come to power, next thing you know there is wide spead voter suppression in order to retain power.

Don't think it can't happen here.
its a good thing cruz aint running....
CRUZ is the problem? OMG.

to whom is Cruz a problem?
People that believe when you sign a pledge and make an agreement you stick by that pledge or agreement.

should have been written on flash paper
 
Turkey coup attempt: Police and officials purged - BBC News - BBC.com
www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-36824045
BBC
3 days ago - Turkish officials say that nearly 8000 police officers have been ... President Recep Tayyip Erdogan vowed to purge state bodies of the "virus" ...
Turkey says no return to past repression despite state of ... - Reuters
www.reuters.com/article/us-turkey-security-idUSKCN0ZX07S
Reuters
13 mins ago - About 60,000 soldiers, police, judges, civil servants and teachers have been suspended, ... GRAPHIC: Turkish purge - tmsnrt.rs/29IlsUa ...

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