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[–] 130 points 3 years ago (2 children)

that erdogan even thinks his country will become part of the eu...

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  • [–] 57 points 3 years ago (7 children)

    Frankly I'm surprised they're even in NATO.

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  • [–] 8 points 3 years ago

    Together with Greece, they were the first country to join after the 12 founding members - years before Germany and decades before Spain and the other half of the current NATO members.

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  • [–] 109 points 3 years ago (4 children)

    He does look pretty happy.

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    [–] 76 points 3 years ago* (1 child)

    This is what conservatives around the world want.

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  • [–] 50 points 3 years ago

    Well, there's another country that won't get my tourist dollars and will be talked bad about whenever anyone mentions it for the next 10 years

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  • [–] 49 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    Apparently Turkish jurisprudence operates under the same logic as my high school did in the 90s

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  • [–] 43 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    Sounds like another shit hole country I will avoid like the plague.

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  • [–] 40 points 3 years ago (5 children)

    I classify Turkey with Iran. Don't go there. Unfortunately my list for no-go is growing

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  • [–] 13 points 3 years ago (5 children)

    I wouldn't be so hasty. The middle east, including Turkey, are some of the most culturally rich places to visit. In general, the Arab people are extremely hospitable. There has been civilization in the area for thousands of years and many fascinating antiquities remain. Turkey in particular has a longstanding secular tradition that was started a hundred years ago by Kemal Ataturk, only recently eroded by the religious conservatives. I wouldn't let a few thuggish people put you off.

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    [–] 37 points 3 years ago

    Every Pride Month this kinda shits happens in here.Sorry for the guy.

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    [–] 31 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    Is that web reliable? Can people go 20 days without sleeping? Simple Google search says record is 11 days. And he worries about detainees? Not gays? And yeah, the web description is "unbiased, well researched, independent news." You know they are bad when they do those kind of claims. Just criticizing the website, not the story. Commenting because that's how I'm doing my part. ><

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  • [–] 23 points 3 years ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (3 children)

    You are correct. The title is misleading.

    *He was detained for participating in an “eventful” Pride march.

    On the bus, some "Chechens" said he “looked like a gay.

    According to him.

    Berlin-based ArtıGerçek (the original, Turkish-language version of GercekNews) is a sensational-yet-prominent left-liberal Turkish-language newsletter. "GercekNews" is much more fresh and novice, uses an outdated UI of artigercek.com

    https://lemmy.world/comment/1550725

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  • [–] 30 points 3 years ago

    Well, AK Party is cancer. CHP should lead Turkey instead of corrupt Erdogan brains.

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  • [–] 28 points 3 years ago (4 children)

    Why would anyone straight have a problem with anyone being gay? Are they all in the closet and think that what they feel is what everyone feels, and somehow the fault of gay people?

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  • [–] 39 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    Well, to be “fair,” a significant portion of homophobes believe an invisible man in the sky said it was bad, according to some guys who knew some guys who knew a guy that died several hundred years before they wrote that into their “things the invisible man in the sky said” collection of fan fiction.

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  • [–] 12 points 3 years ago

    I didn't get it until I started getting serious about weight loss (doing well btw :)) you develop a raw anger at people eating food that you can't enjoy. Of course I don't say anything. It's like that expression

    If you are a liberal vegetarian you do not eat meat

    If you are a conservative vegetarian no one gets to eat meat except for you.

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  • [–] 11 points 3 years ago (2 children)

    You know, for one reason or another I won't bother you with I'm still in the WhatsApp group of my childhood friends.

    They're a bunch of dicks, and tbh were I to meet them today I'd avoid them like the plague, but a couple of people in there are actual friends, so I stick around.

    Anyway, the humour in the chat is that of many WhatsApp groups, jokes about women, sex and so on.

    Boomers humour, so to speak, even though we're all X-Gen.

    Sadly, 80% are jokes about gays, which can get fairly nasty at times.

    A couple of weeks ago I actually said "hey, how come you guys always joke about gays and trans? Like, all the time? You know who does that? Closeted homosexuals".

    Then I linked a few articles of random gay-bashing Republicans who were caught fiddling kids and were forced to admitting being gay.

    "Rings a bell?"

    I haven't seen a gay joke in the group since.

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    [–] 25 points 3 years ago

    Just dont go to such a shit country.

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  • [–] 20 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    Years ago a friend's rock band was touring Europe and they landed a show at a club in Turkey About a month before the show the owner of the bar sent an email to the booking agent that said "We don't allow fags in our bar, Show canceled" The band had a video with a drag queen in it.

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    [–] 13 points 3 years ago

    Why would you even go to that shithole?

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  • [+] 12 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago) (3 children)
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    [–] 8 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago) (2 children)

    The title is misleading.

    *He was detained for participating in an "eventful" Pride march.

    *On the bus, Chechens said he "looked like a gay".

    According to him.

    EDIT: I did not claim that Turkish people are not homophobic. I did not minimize the injustice suffered by the Portuguese man. Why are you downvoting this?

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    [–] 7 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    I would've guessed it was for looking hot.

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