Journalist Gets Prison Sentence for Calling Erdogan ‘Dictator’

[rokzilla]

https://turkey.theglobepost.com/husnu-mahalli-sentence-erdogan/

Just Lmfao. So during this whole episode with Jamal Khashoggi, some on the left were championing Turkey as some sort of good guy. Turkey became a hero. Turns out, it’s still a dictatorship and although they aren’t killing journalists, jailing them is still stifling the press.

What do leftists do now????

 

[MMAViewer]

https://turkey.theglobepost.com/husnu-mahalli-sentence-erdogan/

Just Lmfao. So during this whole episode with Jamal Khashoggi, some on the left were championing Turkey as some sort of good guy. Turkey became a hero. Turns out, it’s still a dictatorship and although they aren’t killing journalists, jailing them is still stifling the press.

What do leftists do now????

"Some on the left"
You sound like fox boobs lol

 

[nac386]

Yeah, take that leftists who championed Turkey during that whole episode with Jamal Khashoggi!

Wait, who? Maybe just list specific people because I don't think most people have any idea what you're talking about.

 

[Rygu]

Turkey is a shithole.

 

[Billy no mates]

https://turkey.theglobepost.com/husnu-mahalli-sentence-erdogan/

Just Lmfao. So during this whole episode with Jamal Khashoggi, some on the left were championing Turkey as some sort of good guy. Turkey became a hero. Turns out, it’s still a dictatorship and although they aren’t killing journalists, jailing them is still stifling the press.

What do leftists do now????

They all kill themselves because you've so utterly destroyed them.......

 

[SRN]

What an excellent way to prove the journalist was wrong.

 

[cabal]

What an excellent way to prove the journalist was wrong.

Now everybody says , loudly so others can hear, that he was dead wrong.

 

[AgonyandIrony]

Yeah, take that leftists who championed Turkey during that whole episode with Jamal Khashoggi!

Wait, who? Maybe just list specific people because I don't think most people have any idea what you're talking about.

Not to mention the support of Rojava and the PKK is generally a leftist thing. Take your meds TS. You derailed your own thread.

 

[IndyCovaHart]

Imagine if Trump had this power.

Bye bye Acosta. Lmao

 

[NoDak]

Imagine if Trump had this power.

Heh, pass.

 

[Swing]

Syrian-Turkish journalist Husnu Mahalli, known as a prominent Middle East expert, has been handed down a 29-month prison sentence on charges of “insulting the president” and a suspended 20-month sentence for “insulting government officials,” after calling President Recep Tayyip Erdogan “dictator”, online news outlet Diken reported on Thursday.

The veteran journalist / academic, who writes columns in leading opposition daily Sozcu, was arrested in December 2016 for “insulting government figures” over social media, in his columns and on TV. He was released pending trial by an Istanbul court a month later on the grounds that he was not likely to escape and the prison term sought against him was not considered lengthy.

I'm sure the logic behind releasing him due to the length of the sought-after prison term is that it's not a lengthy sentence in the absolute sense, but something about its placement at the end of these two paragraphs highlights how screwed up this is. 29 months for referring to the president as a dictator? Yikes.

 

[TheTimeIsNotNow]

TS has mud for brains as he can only see things in terms of right vs left

 

[Lavalamp]

TS has mud for brains as he can only see things in terms of right vs left

If TS is Ergodan sniffing out blasphemers, then enjoy 2 and a half years in prison

 

[HunterSdVa29]

well..ya
that's what ACTUAL dictators do

 

[splendica]

This isn't new in to Erdogan, and Turkey generally:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_arrested_journalists_in_Turkey

"Many journalists in Turkey are being persecuted and kept in jail all over the country.[1] Below is an extensive list of the prisoners, past and present.

According to advocacy group Sweden-based Stockholm Center for Freedom that tracks cases of prosecutions of Turkish journalists, Turkey has 245 journalists locked up behind bars as of January 24, 2018. An additional 140 journalists face outstanding arrest warrants. [2] Number of journalists behind bars is 191 as of Jan. 28, 2017. 231 journalists have been arrested after July 15, 2016 alone. [3]"

Yeah, but Trump is literally Hitler to many Democrats. And of course Turkey wants to lead the EU. He's a dictator plain and simple.

 

[splendica]

This is what slime Erdogan did outside the Turkish embassy in Washington DC:





B-b-b-b-b-b-b-ut Trump. Literally.

 

[tonni]

Erdogan is popular with leftists now? It seems more like you’re defending Saudis.

 

[Islam Imamate]

"Some on the left"
You sound like fox boobs lol

Yeah, take that leftists who championed Turkey during that whole episode with Jamal Khashoggi!

Wait, who? Maybe just list specific people because I don't think most people have any idea what you're talking about.

Erdogan is popular with leftists now? It seems more like you’re defending Saudis.

Its quite shocking to see the length that these partisan rubes will go through to interpret any story through the right/left lens of American politics. Really shows how feeble minded they are.

 

[AlexDB9]

Wait, I thought we all agreed on two things: round asses good and turkey is shit

 

[M3t4tr0n]

Trump would do this if he could.