Turkey's president is doing some pretty sketchy stuff

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woah look at all of this news that's happening all at once

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/turkey-s-president-erdogan-wants-definition-of-terrorist-to-include-journalists-as-three-academics-a6933881.html

http://www.dw.com/en/erdogan-claims-fighting-terrorism-outweighs-democracy-in-turkey/a-19120587

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-35735793 (warning: footage of bleeding and tear gas)

Turkish presidint Recep Tayyip Erdogan has, in light of recent support of the Kurdish rebellion and a free Kurdistan, started cracking down on terrorism within his country. He's wanting to remove immunity for pro-Kurd officials and parties, along with wanting to reclassify journalists, civil activists, and MP's as terrorists for "supporting" terrorist activities.

Additionally, a government raid was recently conducted on the headquarters of the Zaman newspaper, one of the last free sources of media in the country. Many of the journalists are back to work, but are unable to access archives and their e-mail accounts.

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