[lbo-talk] Protest in Turkiye

[Wojtek S]

I have been following the events in Turkiye  on Al Jazeera, and there seem
to be two camps of though about what is going on there.  On the one hand
there are those who support Erdogan's line that this is the opposition and
foreign meddling - a "color revolution' orchestrated overseas if you will,
and the other camp that this is a genuine mass protest against Erdogan's
hard line.

The "color revolution" argument is not without merits (cf Operation Ajax
staged by the CIA to oust Mosadddegh
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1953_Iranian_coup_d'%C3%A9tat) but it seems to
be supported by Islamist sympathizers and haters of secularism, which makes
it suspect if not discredited.

I am more inclined to believe that Erdogan is pulling a Zia ul Haq
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muhammad_Zia-ul-Haq who established islamic
law in Pakistan to undermine opposition aligned with Ali Bhutto with
support of the Reagan administration.  Does anyone have good information on
what is going there?

-- 
Wojtek

"An anarchist is a neoliberal without money."