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Germany’s strategic blunders in its relationship with #Russia are currently hurting all of Europe. We take a look at the parallel relationship between #Germany and #Turkey and the real risks this poses for the West. A thread by #theHELC #NoSubsForTurkey 1/17 Image
The German / Turkish relationship dates from before #WWI, when the #YoungTurks turned to Germany as the most plausible international ally for their decomposing Empire. A secret treaty between the two powers was concluded on August 2, 1914 2/17
The German #Kaiser #WilhelmII visited the #OttomanEmpire three times in total, pledging to the Sultan and the '300 million Mohammedans scattered over the globe and revering in him their caliph, that the German Emperor will be and remain at all times their friend' 3/17 Image
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The drill ship #AbdulHamidHan, #Erdogan’s latest vanity project in a country where 15 million people suffer from hunger, was launched yesterday. But who was #AbdulHamid after whom the vessel was named? A thread on the #BloodySultan and the #HamidianMassacres by #theHELC 1/12
Abdul Hamid II was Sultan of the #Ottoman Empire from 1876 to 1909. During his reign, unrest amongst his oppressed subjects in the #Balkans and Asia Minor intensified. His barbaric response would culminate in the massacres of #Armenians and #Assyrians of 1894–1896 2/12
After #Turkey’s defeat in the Russo-Turkish War of 1877–1878, it was agreed in the conference of #Berlin that Russia would evacuate the Armenian populated territories of the Ottoman Empire in return for the implementation of reforms to protect the local population 3/12
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I've been telling my followers on Twitter for a couple of years that they should...

NEVER EVER EVER EVER EVER EVER
BET AGAINST MY INSTINCTS.

And you're about to find out why that's more true than ever.

#MartinGugino #BuffaloPD #ProgressiveBS
On the evening of Thursday June 4, 2020, a video emerged of an incident in #Buffalo in which a 75-year-old man accosted #BuffaloPD police in riot gear as they were clearing the streets of protesters after curfew was invoked. He ignored their lawful orders to "Get back," and as a
result, he was shoved by two of the advancing officers. He stumbled, fell backwards, smacked his skull on the pavement, and started bleeding out of his ear. 😳 It was a horrifying sight, to be sure. Here's how #BuffaloPD first spoke of the incident in response to media Q's.
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