Saturday, October 10, 2015
Explosions Devastate Peaceful Protests in Turkey
Peaceful protests were unfortunately destroyed today in Ankara, the capital of Turkey. At least 80 people have been killed and almost 200 injured after two explosions occurred, this all 3 weeks before parliamentary elections occur.
The protests were a result of the armed conflict between the Kurdish militant and the Turkish state. Turkey is facing economic uncertainty, political instability, violence related to conflicts with the Kurdish rebels and the Islamic state group, and an overflow or Syrian refugees resulting from the war there. This could have a huge impact on the country internally, with less peaceful and more revolting protests occurring, as well as externally and the countries surrounding Turkey, as well as their allies.
Due to the bombings just recently happening, we do not know very much, but Turkish police are investigating to see if it was the work of suicide bombers. Many people think it was the Kurdish rebels, however.
Turkey is a unitary parliamentary constitutional republic, and has been since 1982. This was the worst terrorist attack in the country's history.
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/10/11/world/europe/ankara-turkey-explosion-deaths.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&module=first-column-region®ion=top-news&WT.nav=top-news&_r=0
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This is an extremely sad news for Turkey and the rest of the world. The country was already trying to recover from the existing economic hardships and such an attack just made the scenario worse. The economy is going to be hurt really badly now, especially in the tourism sector in my opinion, where the country generates a great deal of revenue from. I hope they are able to recover quickly from this loss and help the economy stand back on its feet again.
In my opinion Turkey has always been the middle man of corrupt countries especially in the middle east. With no anti-bribery policies put into place Turkey and the rest of the middle east have uncertain economies. Turkey continues to represent a tight monetary policy which has resulted in a rise in energy prices and high inflation. Turkey will continue to use a tight monetary policy movement with a flat yield curve that hopefully results in a correction of inflation to normal levels.
This is terrible news for the citizens that were involved and their loved ones. It shatters the 'image of their country as a haven of stability' and it seems to be history repeating itself after the violence that occurred in the 1990's. All the violence has to do with the Kurds, if only there was a way to wipe them out, even though that sounds harsh they do create many problems and with them gone Turkey could return to being a peaceful nation; one that is continuously working on their democracy with a return to a stable economy. With so much violence the government and economy are fluctuating which will last until the Kurds are dealt with.
This news is also especially devastating because Turkey is now home to over 1 million Syrian refugees. Turkey can barely provide for their own citizens, but they have welcomed Syrians across their borders and have provided for them what they can. Not only does this bombing hurt the Turkish citizens but it also hurts those seeking refuge in the state.
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