Congratulations for excellent articles on political developments in Turkey. This is particularly appreciated as the press in Turkey is afraid to write anything.. Persons are afraid to speak out.. Members of the Parliament are under arrest.. Journalists are under arrest. Prime Minister pressures press moguls to fire journalists he doesnt like.. Putin regime is not this radical.. As long US stands behind Gülenist/SS forces terrorizing the whole public and as long as US pretends like nothing is happening in Turkey, unfortunately US prestige is going down.. At the end of the day supporting the so called "soft Islamists" will backfire and they will target US as their enemy..Look at AKP and their speechs in 1980 s 1990 s.. Radical anti-semitic policies is alarming. Of course, it was tragedy that Israel killed ten Turkish citizens in international waters, 65 miles away from the alleged security zone.. Besides they said they were going to an Egyptian port.. Many Israeli friends regret this also..

The last paragraph should have the following after 2003 ..., are now under arrest.

Is it really funny that Erdogan is applauded in the West ? Besides as far as the Gülen Movement is concerned, why US supports this man who full speed aims to destroy secular system in Turkey. Could someone tell me why top CIA people supported his visa application together with former US Ambassador and all the so called Turkey experts in US.. The usual henry Barkey, Morton Abromowitz, Makovsky etc.. I had great respect for US and thought it was a leading force in so called free world against communists etc. Now, it is unfortunate that so many innocent people are in prison as a result of Gülen movements infiltration of the judiciary and police force.. fully supported by US.. By the way almost everyone who was against the intervention in Iraq together with US back in 2003,