Thread by @sibeledmonds

This may be a new era for #Turkey? #imamoğlu for the end to censorship & oppression gives a passionate speech. I am still in disbelief: #AKP shed all it’s positives & good advisors and turned into the worst governance since the 1980’s military despot regime era in #Turkey

https://twitter.com/ekrem_imamoglu/status/1125829193579880449

If I were to list the worst steps/moves by #Turkey #AKP gov to date: 1- Bringing in corrupt & incompetent advisors in Since the 2016 coup attempt; 2- Destroying the Media; 3- Collaborating with #USA on #Syria & #ISIS creation; 4- Assault on Free Speech

If I were to list some of #Turkey #AKP best moves/steps of the “past”: 1- Improving Infrastructure (Including roads & transportation);2- Improving Healthcare (it is excellent in Turkey);3- Giving importance to rural Turkey; l4- Going outside #USA sphere 4 international relations

To make the long story shorter after being in #Turkey for the last 8 months: #AKP Gov has done some very good 4 the country, but in the last 2 years+ it has gotten totally off track with very bad Advisors & very bad deeds. I no longer believe their use of #Gulen as an excuse...

They used #Gulen as a blanket excuse to remove any voices of dissent in #Turkey. In fact the current government-controlled media is filled with #FETO figures. Same with certain advisors. I’ve been here on the ground and I am telling you this from first hand experiences here.

Do you see real anti #Gulen analysts & journalists in any state-controlled media outlets in #Turkey? No. For outlets like #TRT: While they’ve been censoring anti #Gulen sources like @MarkHallFilm,#Engdahl even me, they put on a bunch of Qatari & Muslim Brotherhood agents ...