One of the factors that brought Turks out in the streets against the coup attempt was something no one seems to have considered. Turks have told me, “the military came out with their weapons against the government, against the people; but we bought those weapons with our taxes. Those are OUR weapons, not the army’s….
Author: Shahid Bolsen
Shahid Bolsen is the founder of the Middle Nation Movement.
It would make sense to me to have a modified parliamentary syste…
It would make sense to me to have a modified parliamentary system, with perhaps three levels. The lower section of the legislative body would consist of politicians elected by their districts. Above this would be a body in which the members are not professional politicians, but instead representatives of civil society organizations and labor unions….