Portuguese tourist assaulted by Turkish police, jailed for 20 days for "looking gay" - eviltoast
  • krolden@lemmy.ml
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    1 year ago

    Just goes to show NATO doesn’t really give a shot about democratic rights in its member countries.

    • Nukemin Herttua@sopuli.xyz
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      1 year ago

      Well it does and it doesn’t. Turkey’s trajectory was very different when it joined the alliance. It was one of the most democracy leaning Muslim countries. Also, having a common adversary (Russia) also helped to make them a member.