hhammaly t1_j1v0bzj wrote on December 27, 2022 at 4:40 PM

Reply to comment by _CHIFFRE in Turkey summons French ambassador after Paris shooting by PoorIsTheNewSwag

Yea. It’s so free that the leader of the National Kurdish party (HDP) is in jail. So free that you can get killed or jailed for speaking Kurdish.

NotsosmartamInow t1_j1v3qj4 wrote on December 27, 2022 at 5:03 PM

I think this is where the exception comes in i.e politics. Even nationalist Turks question why he is in jail because there really never was a trial (I think), as we see the same thing is happening to Imamoglu right now. Once you get enough traction to make appropriate noise you become targeted by the state.

But I don't think he was arrested for speaking Kurdish, if that was the case at least 5 of my friends are running from the law right now.

hhammaly t1_j1v4bhd wrote on December 27, 2022 at 5:07 PM

A couple of years old but still...https://www.dw.com/en/kurds-in-turkey-increasingly-subject-to-violent-hate-crimes/a-50940046

NotsosmartamInow t1_j1v59j3 wrote on December 27, 2022 at 5:13 PM

I never said racism doesn't exist. I just stated how when you become a high level politician you're more likely to be jailed, hence why Demirtas being arrested for speaking Kurdish is probably not the case. You're free to speak Kurdish, that doesn't mean a psycho won't do something wild.

If speaking Kurdish was against the Law then state sponsered TRT Kurdi is just full of criminals ( I don't really think that I'm just pointing out the irony)