*Shirley Bassey intensifies*
FT: "Turkish police detain Erdoğan’s main political rival"
@fkamiah17 Well, it’s perfect from his pov - Turkey is now so necessary for security reasons that he can do what he likes domestically.
@BashStKid I remember when it happened last time and dozens of people got shot in the streets by police and hundreds more were chucked in prison. I guess that'll be next week's headlines. He's got even more clout now - so to speak - internationally than he had then.
@fkamiah17 Every one of those statistics is someone’s life ruined, or ended. It’s so grim, and yet not even in the top five Grim Things Today.
@BashStKid Tbh I doubt it'll even make the top ten