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   Aral Balkan (aral@mastodon.ar.al)'s status on Sunday, 27-Apr-2025 15:52:40 JST Aral Balkan

   Erdoğan’s fascist regime in Turkey has arrested more members of the secular and progressive Istanbul municipality – including Murat Ongun and his wife. (This is after he arrested the mayor; Turkish presidential candidate and his main rival.)

   https://www.reuters.com/business/media-telecom/turkey-detains-47-members-istanbul-municipality-widening-crackdown-2025-04-26/

   The last time I’d spoken with Murat it was because he’s invited me to speak in Istanbul about my work on Small Technology. I sadly had to refuse as they couldn’t guarantee my safety because I’d spoken out against Erdoğan in Berlin and labelled a “terrorist” by the mayor of Ankara for it:

   https://ar.al/notes/my-speech-at-general-assembly-in-berlin-november-2017/

   (Needless to say, the place I can be most useful is not in a Turkish prison.)

   Erdoğan is a dictator who has installed fascism in Turkey with the full blessing and billions of euros of support from the EU (because we use him as a dam to keep the Brown people away from our shores).

   Shame on you @EUCommission for your silence and complicity.

   #Turkey #Erdogan #fascism #EU #EuropeanUnion #complicity #Türkiye #Erdoğan #faşizm #AB #AvrupaBirliği #SuçOrtaklığı