Turkish Security Officers Attack Protestors In Washington, DC!

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Authoritarianism when unleashed knows no boundaries. The peoples of Turkey have long endured the suppression of their fundamental rights, and that repression is reaching new lows. Successive American governments have brushed aside our fundamental values and stood by repressive Turkish authorities in the name of geo-strategic interests. Yesterday, in Sheridan Circle, a few blocks from the residences of Barack Obama, Rex Tillerson, Ivanka Trump and Washington Post owner Jeff Bezos, President Erdogan’s security detail attacked a group of protestors who were speaking out against his repressive rule. Incredible but true.

Read Protester’s account – http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/turkish-bodyguards-attack-peaceful-demonstrators-on_us_591c88e0e4b07617ae4cb8a1

Washington Post Coverage – https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/politics/wp/2017/05/19/was-erdogan-personally-involved-in-his-bodyguards-attacks-on-protesters-in-d-c/?utm_term=.6ee99e73ebb6

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