ISTANBUL — The Turkish government expanded its crackdown on dissent and free expression over the weekend, purging nearly 4,000 more public officials, blocking access to Wikipedia and banning television matchmaking shows.

A total of 3,974 civil servants were fired on Saturday from several ministries and judicial bodies, and 45 civil society groups and health clinics were shut down, according to a decree published in Turkey’s official gazette.

Turkish internet users also woke up on Saturday to find that they no longer had access to Wikipedia, the free online encyclopedia written by volunteers.

https://nyti.ms/2pjaUoE

Waiting for John Oliver to explain to me in 20 minutes why Putin Erdogan sucks. Bias and propaganda free. 

That's a lot more efficient than book burning. And people say dictators are stuck in the past. The modern dictator uses the internet to oppress his people.

They actually voted for this?

"Originating from an Islamist political background and as a self-described conservative democrat, his administration has overseen social conservative and liberal economic policies." - wiki.

pretty much any time a Government wants to stop their population from education of themselves or to control the media that they can see.. you know that they are villains then. There is nothing more devastating to a group of people than limiting their ability to learn.

On the other hand, the US has full access to the internet and still, Trump is president.

"A US$100 billion government corruption scandal in 2013 led to the arrests of Erdoğan's close allies, with Erdoğan himself incriminated"

"Erdoğan's government has since come under fire for alleged human rights violations and crackdown on press and social media, having blocked access to Twitter, Facebook and YouTube on numerous occasions."

" Journalists and opposition politicians have criticised his authoritarian tendencies; more journalists have been incarcerated in Turkey than in any other country, including North Korea."

"Political commentators and opposition politicians have stated that Erdoğan's unceasing efforts at broadening his executive powers while also minimizing his executive accountability amount to the "fall of Turkish democracy," and the "birth of a dictator".

Goodbye Secularism in Turkey, thanks to Ottoman.

Now if we could only get VGChartz to do the same. Innacurate exclusives lists.... *grumble* *grumble*

Which islamic country takes the crown now as the most democratic and progressive since Turkey has now lost it. A real shame that the country has gone backwards.

I don't get the comparisons with Trump, if he fails he's out next election I can't see this happening in Turkey.

*insert dictactorship joke*
*insert sadness for turkey's downfall*

.... wait.. Matchmaking TV Shows?