Keeping my fingers crossed that Turkey can shed its Islamist autocrat today.

Not least of all because it would be good to be able to visit friends and family again.

https://ar.al/notes/my-speech-at-general-assembly-in-berlin-november-2017/

#turkey #türkiye #erdoğan #kılıçdaroğlu #turkishElection #democracy #autocracy #theocracy

Aral Balkan — My speech at General Assembly in Berlin, November 2017

@aral Good luck with that. Fascists don't get voted out and then go away. The deep state concept started in Turkey, and erdogan has had plenty of time to get it ready.