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Journalist/analyst. Ex-Turkey bureau chief and head of European investment news for Bloomberg. Retweets not endorsement

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    Mark Bentley‏ @MarkABentley 12h12 hours ago

    For one, I’m growing tired of people analyzing whether Turkey is still a democracy under Erdogan & that somehow he has to prove it. Clearly it is not. This election travesty has shown it once more. Erdogan = Putin = Maduro (And they are all best mates). Can we move on please?

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      2. Onur‏ @Tweets4Onur 18m18 minutes ago
        Replying to @MarkABentley

        Millions of Turkish people already knew that since 90s, when he became the mayor of Istanbul back then but the west, mainly the EU criticized us by saying "Kemalists doesn't respect freedom of speech" when Erdoğan demonstrated his disrespect of democracy and secular values of TR

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      3. Onur‏ @Tweets4Onur 12m12 minutes ago
        Replying to @Tweets4Onur @MarkABentley

        And this happened only 5y ago; The leader of the Socialist group in EU parl, H. Swoboda criticized CHP leader K. Kilicdaroglu in front of press just because he said that Erdogan has dictatorial tendencies. Swoboda cancelled their scheduled meeting too!https://youtu.be/K1N79RL-FTo 

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      1. kerempi‏ @kerempi 4h4 hours ago
        Replying to @MarkABentley

        We never questioned this since he became Mayof of Istanbul(1994) but not sure what his friends think from western world still.

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      1. Friedrich der Grosse‏ @derAlteFritz_ 6h6 hours ago
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        I disagree on your Putin addition. IMHO Putin doesn't place his interest above long term interests of Russia. He is unchecked yes but he hasn't lost his practical reality for the benefit of his own interests..

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      1. ahmetepik7‏ @ahmetepik7 12h12 hours ago
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        Turkey is not one of those banana republic US colonies. We Turks do not have to prove anything to you. Get a move on!

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      1. ahmetepik7‏ @ahmetepik7 12h12 hours ago
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        I'm also tired of people analysing whether Fetö is an innocent, soft Islamist sect or a CIA fabricated coupster intelligence network. Clearly it's the latter. Pentagon-CIA-Fetö (They are all best mates.) Can we move on please?

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      2. Kerry the Liberal‏ @kerry05kerry 4h4 hours ago
        Replying to @MarkABentley

        Putin is #1 my favourite.

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      3. Astorre‏ @libertadan 3h3 hours ago
        Replying to @liberalkomplocu @MarkABentley

        This year, Erdogan shows a great attitude to win the race. Believe me...

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      2. barisatayman‏ @barisatayman 12h12 hours ago
        Replying to @MarkABentley

        hahahah - ironic that you were the very first person to interview Mr Erdoğan in 2002 following their first major victory

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      1. ATLANTALI‏ @ATLANTALI 4h4 hours ago
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        You forgot to add Trump... #ImpeachTrump

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      1. Cinar Kiper‏ @CinarKiper 2h2 hours ago
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        Well it's clearly not a democracy. They don't claim to be one either. We're now what those in charge refer to as an "advanced democracy" thank you.

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      1. Ali OSMANLI‏ @AliOSMANLI 2h2 hours ago
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        Is that what you call democracy? ************************************* https://edition.cnn.com/2016/08/11/politics/donald-trump-hugh-hewitt-obama-founder-isis/index.html … Klay ProJared Hakan Şükür

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      1. Zeeshan Ahmad زیشان احمد‏ @Moh86_Zeeshan 7h7 hours ago
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        You means like Austria right? 2016 Austrian presidential election cancelled, held again over voting irregularitieshttps://www.aa.com.tr/en/politics/turkey-slams-west-for-double-standard-on-istanbul-polls/1472924 …

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      1. SpaceCoastLaw‏ @SpaceCoastLaw 12h12 hours ago
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        Why are you dragging Maduro into this? Maduro was democratically elected. We’re the ones that let Erdogan’s goons beat protesters in Washington DC

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