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More specifically Cavusoglu said, \u201cWe view the unfolding situation as a coup attempt and unequivocally condemn it. Turkey always sides with democracy and the free will of citizens \u2013 wherever in the world they may come under attack\u201d ???<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Let us remind you that on February 25 the Armenian General Staff ” Onik Gasparyan” demanded the resignation of the Prime Minister of Armenia, saying that the political leadership is leading the state to a dangerous brink.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This happened after the head of government dismissed the first deputy chief, Lieutenant General Tiran Khachatryan<\/strong>, who had earlier criticized the prime minister’s statements about Iskander<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Read: General Tiran Khachatryan files a lawsuit<\/a> to be reinstated as first deputy chief of general staff<\/p>\n\n\n\n In response, Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan<\/a> announced an attempted coup and called on citizens to gather in Republic Square in order to “defend the revolution.” He also said that he had signed a decision to dismiss Onik Gasparyan, Chief of the General Staff of the Armenian Armed Forces, from his post. However, the president has not yet signed this document.<\/p>\n\n\n\n There are few historical periods when democracy has been so highly praised and trampled on so openly, promoted so actively and so much disrespected, so important and so disappointing. Today, democracy has become a sine qua non of legitimacy. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Few governments want to be considered undemocratic. At the same time, the eligibility of the Today, even outspoken dictators<\/a> strive to attain the status that membership in a democratic club gives. Determined not to let any facts get in the way of their plans, these rulers have achieved perfection in democratic rhetoric, which has very little relation to the actual practice of the state<\/p>\n\n\n\n The statements of foreign and Turkish politicians, journalists and scholars that Turkey is a democratic country is based on a politically motivated delusion, and the manifestation of military control over politics and suppression of dissent in the country does not allow the adoption of democratic principles in full. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Western politicians have used Turkey as an example of a Western-friendly Muslim democracy since the beginning of the war on terrorism, in order to convince the Muslim world that they are not at war with Islam. Turkey was perfect for this, especially after the Arab Spring Revolutions of 2011, in which the people overthrew their dictators. <\/p>\n\n\n\n However, the history of the Republic of Turkey is quite far from democratic values, from its creation in 1923 in the early days of the sole rule of the founder Mustafa Kemal Ataturk<\/strong> <\/a>right up to the current period of the Justice and Development Party (AKP) in power. As the Nazis struggled through the 1920s, Atat\u00fcrk remained Hitler\u2019s \u201cstar in the darkness<\/p>\n\n\n\n The interim period, which lasted 68 years and during which a multi-party system was created, was marked by three military campaigns and a “soft coup”, and the military during most of this time tightly controlled the political life of the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Since the republic’s founding, Turkey has experienced an extreme lack of minority rights, manifested by uprisings and harsh security measures, including extrajudicial executions, that have turned the country’s predominantly Kurdish southeast into a \u201cwar zone\u201d for much of Turkey’s modern history.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Despite promises to reform the country and set the necessary standards for joining the European Union, the AKP has undermined democratization in Turkey through harsh repression of dissent and weakening the rule of law, he adds. Hence, the myth of Turkish democracy should be taken as nothing more than a fiction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The new credentials from the previous elections gives Erdogan the right to directly appoint members of government and judges, and to govern the country through presidential decrees.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In the presidential elections, Erdogan managed to get the majority of votes despite the fact that the result of his Justice and Development Party (AKP) in the parliamentary elections fell to 42.5% from 49.5% received in 2015.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Yes, the election results are a great victory for Erdogan. But this is a big victory in a split country. As AKP supporters celebrate, the other half of the population is deeply disappointed with the outcome of the vote, which they perceive as the end of the democracy that was previously in Turkey.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Read about Turkey’s failed military coup in 2016<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n The Turkish opposition was able to greatly improve its results, but this was not enough. Despite allegations of electoral irregularities<\/strong>, the AKP has already declared its victory – and will defend this opinion at all costs. All of this is reminiscent of the 2017 referendum in Turkey, when a small majority in the vote paved the way for constitutional reform in the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The June 24, 2018 vote was the last opportunity to change that choice. This was the last breath of democracy for Turkey. And those citizens who voted for the opposition parties and for the values they defend will now have to look for a way to adapt to the new life in the country. <\/p>\n\n\n\n In the annual rsf.org report, one can easily get access to the list of countries and their rankings taking into consideration people’s access to political rights and civil liberties.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Turkey, as mentioned before, represents itself as a democratic country that gives full freedom of speech, media and the right of voting to all of its citizens. However, in the list of RSF.org Turkey happens to be 154th<\/a> out of 180 countries and named \u201cthe biggest jail for local and international journalism<\/p>\n\n\n\nTurkey and Its Failed Democracy<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
applicants does not keep pace with the growing popularity of democracy.<\/p>\n\n\n\nTurkey’s Elections<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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JOURNALISM<\/h3>\n\n\n\nEmbed from Getty Images<\/a>