The desperation of pro-Europe Turks

Since the polls closed in Turkey on Sunday, there have been many desperate messages from acquaintances and friends in the country who cannot stand the idea of another five years of authoritarianism and oppression. They had believed, especially after the deadly earthquakes in southeastern Turkey, that the opposition would win the elections. Reality crushed them. They suddenly realized that they do not understand their own country. Some cry out in anger, "This country no longer belongs to us." They are looking for a way to come to Greece or another European country to teach and work without fear, without restrictions. As a friend said, "Quite soon we'll be full of White Turks!"

They remind me of the reactions of Americans on both coasts the morning after Donald Trump was elected president of the United States. The same despair, the same feeling that they do not understand and...

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