Erdo-how, Erdo-where, Erdogan

[Colwyn]

Turkey demands withdrawal of German satire mocking Erdogan. Germany refuses. Watch the video that is causing the fuss.


http://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/mar/29/turkey-german-video-mocking-president-recep-tayyip-erdogan

[usedbustickets]

Pretty funny video, considering it is from zee Germans!  Just shows you how bad things have got in the State of Denmark sorry Turkey when our Prince Reg can't take a joke, nor indeed can the Turkish Government and Diplomatic service.  Hopefully this leads to many more, and the more people laugh at him, the more they are paying attention to his overblown ego and powergrab, which will hopefully speed up the final days of his demise.

[JohnF]

Brilliant.  Some of their earlier mockery of him is pretty funny as well, even with my rudimentary knowledge of German!

JF

[usedbustickets]

Rudimentary German from UBT ... doner und blitzen, jahwohl, handz up tommy!!  All learnt at the post war academy of english comics and commando magazines.

[Colwyn]

Implausible segue from Erdogan Satire to Dad's Army.

[usedbustickets]

Well what's Reg going to do about this Turkish video of another grand Head of State (ours) ..... show some respect will yer

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9OWG1xDSSi4" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9OWG1xDSSi4</a>

Now is that an implausable enough segue for yer Colwyn??  

[Colwyn]

Trump seems to have enrolled his aides on the same training course as Erdogan's lot. His campaign manager has been charged with battery after grabbing a journalist by the arm and pulling her away from his master. She claims to have received a bruise from the incident. Trump responded that she might have had the bruise before the aide manhandled her. Ah, just like Turkey, eh?

[kevin3]

    It seems the Germans have told the Sultan to get f  otographed.  And there are reports of a huge row with Obama &  Co

     behind closed doors in the US.  And in the Hurriet the Army has denied plans for a Coup.   Interesting days ahead.??

     The US  investigators are looking into links between Iran, Turkish individuals and Halkbank (of shoe box fame).

[JohnF]

The levels of paranoia emanating from the white (elephant) palace are way off even the despot level - they're now accusing Twitter itself of having an anti Erdogan bias!

Not sure there's enough of spine left in the army Kevin, they were one of the AKP's first targets initially with Ergenekon etc while still in bed with Gulen and subsequently quietly replacing/retiring/nullifying any of the high command who could be a threat.  More's the pity - the army used to be the one organisation folks could rely on to protect the secularity of the republic.

JF

[kevin3]

  Yesterday a "spokesperson " was warning of lies that were about to break concerning Halkbank and Zarrab. May not need the Army.

  Odd that the Army were forced to deny it.?  Smoke-----Fire.