Friday, November 4, 2016 at michellesmirror.com

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, once identified by President Obama as one of his top five closest international leader friends, famously said: “Democracy is a like a train: you get off once you’ve reached your destination.” – PJ Media

Barry and his best bud, Recep, availing themselves of the services of the U.S. military

Apparently Erdogan believes he has arrived at said destination. According to Reuters:

Turkey detained two co-leaders and nine other lawmakers of Turkey’s pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) early on Friday over reluctance to give testimony for crimes linked to “terrorist propaganda.”

The Turkish Interior Ministry said detention orders for 13 MPs were issued, but only 11 were detained as two lawmakers were abroad.

Although this has been going on since July’s unsuccessful “military” coup:

Arrests have been widespread since the July attempted coup, with the Erdogan regime imprisoning opponents, banning rallies, taking over media outlets, and sacking non-Islamist government employees by the thousands.

Many believe the coup was staged by Erdogan himself in order to seize power and justify his current actions which include – in addition to locking up opponents – banning rallies, taking over media outlets, and sacking non-Islamist government employees by the thousands.

And the official U.S. position? I guess we don’t have one: … read more here: http://www.michellesmirror.com/2016/11/if-youre-still-hanging-on-horns-of.html#.WByhUcmRq70