>>>You'll note that I didn't call for outside involvement, solely for the Turkish people to get the chance to make a change.
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>Fair enough. But if the Turks wanted a change, all they had to do was stay home. Instead they went out onto the streets in support of democracy according to their own words. Seems to me that our Turkish colleague expresses the sentiment right here, that Turks value democracy and how dare anybody try to seize power at the point of a gun rather than via the ballot box.

I agree entirely. I've obviously still not been clear. I am very concerned that Erdogan will eliminate the chance for the ballot box, or making it so that the ballot box is no longer a way to enact change.

Tamar