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Almost Half Of The Turkish Population Believes It Is Not Legitimate To Criticize The Government. Interestingly, This Correlates With The Number Of Supporters Of Erdogan's Government.

To Each His Own Way And His Own Prayer. God Does Not Take Us At Our Word. He Looks Deep Into Our Hearts. It Is Not The Ceremonies Or Rituals That Make A Difference, But Whether Our Hearts Are Sufficiently Pure Or Not.

Love Exists Within Each Of Us From The Moment We Are Born And Waits To Be Discovered From Then On.

In A Normal Democracy, You Protect The Individual From The Excessive Power Of The State. In Turkey, Power Elites Try To Protect The State - As If This State Were Fragile And Needed Protection - When In Fact, It's Too Powerful Already.

Obviously, Turkey Is Not A Typical Authoritarian Regime, And Obviously It's Very Important That There Are Free Elections. But It's Also Obvious That This Is Not A Liberal, Mature Democracy. This Is Why I Call Turkey A Wobbly Democracy. At Any Time, It Can Tip Over And Fall Down.