Part of channel(s): Syria (current event)People of Antakya (Antioch) in Turkey demonstrate against the imperialism attack against Syria. They disagree with the support of the FSA by Prime Minister Erdogan and the turkish government. They also condemned the setting up of bases on Turkey’s soil to train terrorists under the direct supervision of the US in order to support the FSA. The development came after revelations about the smuggling of arms to anti-government terrorist groups in Syria via the US Air Base in Incirlik in Southern Turkey sparked popular protests in the country.
A poll between May 5 and June 5 conducted by the "Center for Economic and Foreign Policy Studies" (EDAM), an Istanbul-based think-tank, showed that a majority of the Turkish people are against their country’s intervention in Syria. According to the poll, as much as 57% of the 1,500 participants in the survey expressed their opposition to the Turkish government’s
intervention in Syria’s internal affairs, and said they favored a diplomatic solution to the Syrian crisis. The poll representing a cross section of the urban and rural population above the age of 18. The cities which were included in the survey: Adana, Ankara, Antalya, Bursa, Diyarbakir, Manisa, Erzurum, Gaziantep, Istanbul, Izmir, Kayseri, Kirklareli, Konya, Içel, Samsun, Zonguldak, Denizli, Malatya.
The EDAM poll
http://www.edam.org.tr/document/Edam2012Survey2.pdf
By: bmn
In: Other Middle East
Tags: Syria, Turkey, Antakya, Antioch
Location: Turkey (load item map)
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Erdogan is a western zionist puppet
Posted Sep-2-2012 Bypravdavoin (556.90) pravdavoin View Channel Send Message
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@pravdavoin Thats how you know when there is brutal support statistics and shit still goes down like this travesty. So many nations going against their populous on this one, starting with the USA.
Posted Sep-2-2012 Bytymoss (182.84) tymoss View Channel Send Message
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Wow
Still turkish people with common sense
Posted Sep-2-2012 ByH3dgehog (476.40) 
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This proves that not all Turkish people are dumb.
Posted Sep-2-2012 ByBrew Swillis (168.70) 
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@Brew Swillis clown, the turkish people are just worried about their money/well in this case this group marching.
if there are people cheaper than arabs it is the turks, note there is not one syrian regime flag being waived around because they wont even buy that.
if there is something being given out for free like food they want it to go in their stomachs. long live erdogon and fuck these miserable pick pockets
i hope the prime feeds another 100,000 with turks money. cheap ass cocksucker tur More..
Posted Sep-2-2012 Bypersia2500bc (74.42) 
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@persia2500bc Erdogan is a criminal who was sent to jail - and this is the right place for him.
Posted Sep-2-2012 ByBrew Swillis (168.70) 
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@Brew Swillis Hey Borat! He was sent to jail because of a poem in the school books he read.. It was because the lack of freedom of speech! May he be back in jail again? I don't think so.. Half of the population of Turkey support him..
Posted Sep-2-2012 ByToyCar (68.30) ToyCar View Channel Send Message
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@ToyCar no its lie. erdogan's poem doesnt exist in any school book in turkey. and he's poem was related with islamic terrorism.
this isnt related with freedom of speech.
Posted Sep-2-2012 Bypatateskroket (101.12) patateskroket View Channel Send Message
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@patateskroket No, it is the truth. The poem belongs to Ziya Gokalp and published by Turkish Standards Institution (TSE). It's recommended to all students and teachers by the Ministry of National Education of Turkey. The book (Turk ve Turkluk) is based on the conversations of Romanos IV Diogenes (Emperor of Byzantine) and Alparslan (Emperor of Great Seljuq Empire). It isn't about terrorism. And his charge was related to freedom of speech since he read a poem which is perfectly legal and recommen More..
Posted Sep-2-2012 ByToyCar (68.30) ToyCar View Channel Send Message
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Glad to see not everyone supporting the Turkish government backstabbing ways.
Posted Sep-2-2012 ByMrG (648.70) 
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These are the Alewites in Turkey.. Whom else should they be against? Assad or FSA?
Imperialism is shit but what about despotism? You had to have balls of steel to speak against Assad in Syria.. You will disappear and treated "well" by Shabbiha as seen on many vids around..
So just leave this shit to themselves..
Posted Sep-2-2012 ByToyCar (68.30) ToyCar View Channel Send Message
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@ToyCar Thats what theyre saying,.... LEAVE THIS SHIT TO THEMSELVES.
No:Libyans, Palestinians, Egyptians, Afghanis, Pakistanis, Turcic, Lebanese... No training camps, no foreign money, DEFINATELY no No Fly Zone.
Posted Sep-2-2012 Bytymoss (182.84) tymoss View Channel Send Message
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@ToyCar You make the usual wrong assumption about those "freedom fighters" in Syria. They don't have to have balls of steel. They only need to have blind faith to Islam. And voila, dying comes the next best thing for them, next to living. It's no courage, it's childish belief in virgin-filled afterlife.
Posted Sep-2-2012 ByAwesomeCunt (99.40) 
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@ToyCar islamic extremism is real shit.
Posted Sep-2-2012 Bypatateskroket (101.12) patateskroket View Channel Send Message
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@AwesomeCunt You missed the point. This isn't about fighters but the ordinary people. I don't know if you have been to Syria before but you feel the deep fear from Assad family wherever you go. You can see bashar and hafez assad's photos everywhere, even in the living rooms of ordinary people. If you open your mouth against Assad, 1/3 around you was a spy and that was the same ratio for you to be the next "well" treated.. Spies got promoted.
Islam has a strong faith. If you know you w More..
Posted Sep-2-2012 ByToyCar (68.30) ToyCar View Channel Send Message
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@ToyCar Well put points. But my argument still stands; Because afterlife is more important than real life, the decision to put yourself onto potentially fatal harms way is relatively easy, compared to atheists. These guys have blind faith to afterlife. So if they get killed, then they just go see allah and will get their consent from him. To them, there really is no "true" death.
If one understands that there is no afterlife, and then does the ultimate sacrifice, that takes some serio More..
Posted Sep-5-2012 ByAwesomeCunt (99.40) 
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To put things into perspective, turkish alawites represent 0.5% of Turkish population.
Posted Sep-2-2012 ByOthman (290.04) 
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@Othman There is nothing bad in being critical, but now your just being blind to this information. Those who participated in survey were not alawites. You mess the protestors and survey participants with each other. You have an explanation why majority of the participants in survey opposed meddling in Syria? Are they all superundercoverexpertninjas, on a superdouper secret mission by Assad?
Posted Sep-2-2012 ByAwesomeCunt (99.40) 
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@Othman no, turkish alewite population is approximately 7 million, total turkey population is approximately 75 million.
but alawites doesnt have very strong politic power in turkey.
Posted Sep-2-2012 Bypatateskroket (101.12) patateskroket View Channel Send Message
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@patateskroket I don't know where you get your numbers, I found 400 000 at best.
Posted Sep-2-2012 ByOthman (290.04) 
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@AwesomeCunt my comment was about the protest in Antakya not the survey. You are the one mixing not interfering and supporting assad.
Posted Sep-2-2012 ByOthman (290.04) 
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@Othman i live in turkey, here is turkish news
http://yenisafak.com.tr/Politika/?t=01.12.2008&i=153480
(you will use google translate)
goverment officer m. sait yazicioglu said: "in turkey there arent 25 million alewite, there are 7 million alewites here"
(yenisafak news paper is pro islamic and popular news paper)
Posted Sep-2-2012 Bypatateskroket (101.12) patateskroket View Channel Send Message
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But SOOOOO many Liveleakers KNOW in their heart of hearts Bashar is EVIL, and we must remove him at all costs!
Listen to the people closest to the conflict, this shit is wrong.
Posted Sep-2-2012 Bytymoss (182.84) tymoss View Channel Send Message
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Flamethrower is needed.
Posted Sep-2-2012 By2415elcapitan (1167.40) 
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If the same rally in Syria, at least 30 people will be killed by snipers.
Posted Sep-2-2012 ByLuxman (0.90) 
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Good description puts things into perspective.
Posted Sep-2-2012 ByLarry0011 (176.90) 
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so bmn like assad.
Posted Sep-3-2012 Byhuandy618 (42.20) 
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@huandy618
If that's your point of view, accepted. But maybe I learned my history lessons about US interventions. Maybe I don't like biased media news. Maybe I don't like fanatic religious dudes and their doctrine. Maybe I see Assad as the lesser of two evils. Maybe the above sums together, who knows :-) ?
Posted Sep-3-2012 Bybmn (397.00) bmn View Channel Send Message
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There are both Alaouites and Alawites in Turkey. The western media do not understand the difference. The total population of Alaouties (with Alawites) is 25 millions. Alawites are Arab-Alouites and mostly live the cities near the Syrian border. But There are Kurdish, Turkish, Zaza Alaouites too who are living in whole Turkey. But for my opinion, The support for Syria can not be explained with just "secterian solidarity" In fact, pro-FSA demonstrations are organized by mostly radical is More..
Posted Sep-12-2012 Byornekali (50.30) 
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not all turkish people are usa's dog. there are many good people live in turkey.
Posted Sep-2-2012 Bypatateskroket (101.12) patateskroket View Channel Send Message
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@patateskroket
I don't even know what the fuck that means. USA opened it's door to many Turks and gave them a life style and education which Turkish government failed to do so. Stop bad mouthing USA and look at your Turks destroying Europe with their ignorance.
Posted Sep-2-2012 ByCitizen USA (142.70) 
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@Just a word
i accept it. but your government support pro-islamic movement all over the world. this is absolutely truth.
it's all about islamic movement. if you be a muslim, than you dont like western civilization.
if you are only a bit muslim or less, than you like western civilization.
your government support of islamic movement increase islamic behavior in middle east.
you must support sekular and more social politics in middle east if you want better world.
(sorry i know my english is More..
Posted Sep-2-2012 Bypatateskroket (101.12) patateskroket View Channel Send Message
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