Turkey

Turkey still is a democracy. I think one could look at what’s happened in the past few days and really see, to a degree, a heavy-handed response. There needs to be an investigation after all of the dust has settled into how the police have really handled this. I think quite poorly at that.

The Turkish government, like all modern democratic governments, needs to have an accountable police force that does not infringe its own authority and at the same time allows people the opportunity to participate in the political decision-making process in between elections through allowing public discourse, a liberal media and empowering civil society.