US Silence Over Turkish President’s Crimes Turns Washington Into Accomplice

Washington should objectively assess Turkey under Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s rule, not how Turkey used to be or how the US would have liked it to be, according to the former senior advisor and a foreign policy expert at the US State Department, David Phillips.

It is time for the White House to consider facts and no longer turn a blind eye to them. Recently, Turkish president praised ‘Nazi Germany’ in the context of his own tenure.

Erdogan also impedes journalists and freedom of opinion. At the moment 34 journalists are in prison on various charges including, “insulting the president.”

The Turkish president has targeted citizens of his own country. “In October, Erdogan re-started a civil war with the Kurdistan Worker's Party (PKK) in a cynical ploy to gain support from nationalist voters,” David Phillips wrote.

Currently, in Turkey there are frequent attacks on the Kurdish people under the pretext of combating terrorism. In addition, corruption is rampant in Turkey, and even family members of Erdogan are involved in corruption schemes......http://sptnkne.ws/ax9P
 7/1/15