Sultan Erdogan Brought His Goons to Brookings Inst.

ilhan tanir @WashingtonPoint

Here: Turkish security tries to kick a journalist out.
Brookings security protects the journalist.
Moments ago – [Video a few hours ago – Oui]

Amberin Zaman ‏@amberinzaman

This Erdogan security detail called me “a pkk whore”
For standing in the driveway of @BrookingsInst

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Oren Dorell @OrenDorell
@BrookingsInst says its staff and security personnel
worked hard to provide an open and safe environment
for today’s #Erdogan speech in DC.

Strobe Talbott ‏@strobetalbott
@Martin_Indyk asks @RT_Erdogan about
jailed journalists & his commitment to a
free media in #Turkey. @BrookingsFP

ilhan tanir ‏@WashingtonPoint
Washington, DC This was a free ride for Erdogan
just as expected. @brookings 100 year institution
– what gives? “Free thinking”?

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