UH-HUH... THAT SOUNDS SO FAMILIAR

-- "The move could lead to Turkey expelling the diplomatic envoys from the US, France, Germany, Canada, Finland, Denmark, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway and Sweden after they issued a statement in support of a jailed activist." --

WHO COULD HAVE SEEN THAT COMING?

-- "The vast new powers granted to Erdoğan — wide control over the judiciary, broad powers to make law by decree, the abolition of the office of the Prime Minister and of Turkey’s parliamentary system — effectively make him a dictator." --