Crackdown in Turkey: Could This Happen Here? - Nathan McDonald

July 19, 2016

Chaos continues to unfold in Turkey, which has been ONE of the key stories over this last weekend. News like this used to come once in a blue moon, but sadly, we are hit from so many different directions that it is becoming more and more common.

Regardless, it is having major ramifications behind the political scenes; for Turkey is no simple random country and it cannot be easily dismissed what is happening there.

One of the founding members of the United Nations, Turkey is supposed to uphold security and balance in the world. Unfortunately, as we have seen since this weekend, anything but this is occurring.

President Erdogan is engaging in a complete and utter cleaning of the slate within the country. Since the "failed coup" this weekend, thousands have been rounded up and arrested. This includes military officials, judges, politicians, and now in the latest wave, school teachers!

A purge such as this is nothing other than a complete and utter move towards a dictatorship and shows just how easily an established country can slip into complete and utter anarchy within a short period of time.

Explosions are being reported across the capital, which would have us believe that the infighting is far from over, and is being downplayed by the current government officials who are loyal to Erdogan. They would have us believe that they are in the right. Perhaps they are, or perhaps not.

Many in the West all too easily dismiss this type of news and say "this would never happen here". Sadly, they are foolish and they are wrong. The government knows one thing and one thing only, power. They will do everything they can to maintain this power and only a thin line exists between dictatorship and democracy in a time of turmoil.

Dangerous times are coming. The world, as I have written many times recently, is in a dangerous time period. Things could either quickly fall apart in our modern society, or we can turn this thing around.

Yet, it is not going to happen overnight and not without much effort from those of us that value freedom and liberty. The sleeping masses are content to turn their brains off and ignore the alarm bells ringing in their ears. Fortunately, we are not and will continue to monitor, be vigilant, and stand guard against tyranny, which as seen in the recent events in Turkey, is never far away.