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U.S. Ambassador to Turkey: I'm very confident about Turkish democracy

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compiled by Cem Ertür

20 June 2013

Three weeks of extreme police brutality across Turkey reached to a climax with the launch of an absolutely fascistic operation in Istanbul on June 15th. The country is currently in an undeclared state of emergency...

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“We are friends and allies of Turkey and in times of tension and in times of less tension we are your friends and allies. We share really important, common interests as friends and allies. [...] I reaffirmed our support for Turkish democracy, for the principles that we share of freedom of expression, freedom of peaceful assembly. There is no difference between us and the Government of Turkey and the governing party on those principles. So, I’m quite confident that our relations are strong and healthy. And will continue. I’m very confident about Turkish democracy. ”

[U.S. Ambassador to Turkey Francis Ricciardone, press briefing held after meeting with Prime Minister Erdogan's top adviser Yalcin Akdogan, headquarters of the governing Justice and Development Party (AKP), Ankara, 19 June 2013] [1]

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“We will further strengthen our police force in every respect.”

[Turkey's Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, speech the Justice and Development Party’s (AKP) parliamentary group meeting, Ankara, 18 June 2013] [2]

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“The police and security forces are in charge. If this is not enough, the gendarmerie will be in charge. And if this is still not enough [...] we can use the Turkish Armed Forces.”

[Turkey's Deputy Prime Minister Bulent Arinc, interview with the state-run TRT television channel, 17 June 2013] [3]

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“ [The police] will intervene against everybody who try to enter [Istanbul's] Taksim Square, [treating them] as a terrorist.”

[Turkey's European Union Minister Egemen Bagis, interview with 'A Haber' television channel, 16 June 2013] [4]

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Notes:

[1] Ambassador Ricciardone's remarks after meeting with MP Yalcin Akdogan

official website of the U.S. Embassy in Ankara, 19 June 2013

[2] Polis yetkiyi kanunlardan aliyor

[excerpt transcribed from video by the author]

Justice and Development Party’s (AKP) official website, 18 June 2013

[3] Turkish government could use armed forces against protesters, senior official warns

by Michael Birnbaum, Washington Post, 17 June 2013

[4] Turkish minister says anyone entering Taksim Square to be "treated as terrorist"

BBC Monitoring Europe, 16 June 2013

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by Turkey's Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu, The Guardian, 17 June 2013

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From the archives:

Turkey: Epicenter of police state violence

by Stephen Lendman, Global Research, 13 June 2013

The Role of Turkey in the US-NATO-Israeli War on Syria

Turkey’s False-flag Operation against Syria Backfires: The Reyhanli bombing attacks in a larger context

by Cem Ertür, Global Research, 29 May 2013

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Sure The Voice of The CIA is Confident about Democracy in Turkey. Because The CIA always gets to pick The Candidates Running for Office in The CIA backed Military Junta called a Democracy in Turkey. The CIA is also happy about The Democratic Process in Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Pakistan, Kuwait, Brazil, Honduras, Guatemala, Mexico, El Salvador, Colombia, Chile, Argentina, Libya, Egypt, Myanmar, Israel, The EU, and The USS of A aka The USSA. That's because The CIA gets to Pick who runs for Office in these (Choke) Democracies. The CIA is Unhappy about Democracy in Russia, China, North Korea, Syria, and Iran, Lebanon because they don't get to Pick who runs for Office. Which is why The CIA is busy trying to Overthrow these Evil Dictators in Russia, China, North Korea, Syria, Iran, and Lebanon, because The CIA can't pick who gets to Run for Office in these Evil Dictatorships, so The CIA must act to Overthrow these Evil Dictators and Establish True Democracy aka Democracies in which The CIA gets to pick who runs for Office. And as long as these People The CIA picks to run for Office do what is Langley, Virginia's best interest, The CIA, The Office of Presient of The USSA, and USSA Law Fakirs in Congress and Senate will exercise their Legal Right to Remain Silent, about any Heavy Handed use of Tear Gas, Police Brutality, and Other Thuggery by their (Choke) Democracies, in The CIA's Interest of Preserving Democratic Principles.

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