[buraktamturk]

The same exact thing happened after 15 July 2016 (Erdogan staged a coup attempt on his own) in Turkey. To put it simply it was the beginning of the genocide of peaceful Gulen movement members or anyone who had any kind of connection with them in the past.

The bank that I had account + credit card was shut down (stolen by Turkish state) with the decree laws. My brother had an additional account in another bank. That bank terminated his account and credit card using decree laws as a reason, no court order.

We lost our jobs, money and freedom in a single night. Our company was shut down by the state without due process. My relatives, friends and colleagues got jailed and tortured by Turkish police and soldiers. We got fired and almost none of us were able to get employment (we got work permits revoked) code 36 (fired due to decree laws) is on social insurance records. University degrees of some of us cancelled by the decree law. There are thousands of things I want to tell but it is too long. At the end my brother became a permanent resident in Canada via asylum and I am an asylum seeker in Greece (decisions take way long here). My relatives and friends still in jail in Turkey.

To put it simply, what Canadian government is planning right now is a clear way to go for genocide. Killing people economically is a part of genocide method (don't ask me where I know it).

[ipaddr]

I remember when this happened but I was confused by the lack of western support either officially or through press coverage.

When the Saudi prince locked up his brothers under false charged pulling a complete power coup and no one said much I wondered why.

[cardy31]

Lol give me a break. This was a handful of people directly involved in the protests occupying Ottawa for three weeks who had their accounts frozen. Comparing the governments of Canada and Turkey is just absurd.

[tradertef]

Yep, close to 100,000 arrested, 500,000 investigated, 150,000 public servant dismissed, 319 journalists arrested in Turkey [1]. What is happening in Turkey is very different than Canada.

[1] https://turkeypurge.com/home-page-3

[tradertef]

Why downvote? Everything he said is true except that Erdogan staged the coup attempt. He probably know about it much earlier and did not intervene, but it is too much to claim he staged it. Regardless, lots of people had their assets seized or frozen by government or people close to it without due process.

Also equating what is happening in Turkey or Canada to Genocide is a bit too much :)

[dash2]

Your comment is really interesting but it is probably getting downvoted because of the last paragraph. Accusing the Canadian government of planning genocide is way over the top.

[TimTheTinker]

20th century history ought to teach us that too much power in government almost invariably leads to mass murder of some group or another: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_wars_and_anthropogenic...

Given that modern technology enables silencing political opposition without necessarily murdering them, some might argue that we'll see fewer murders in the future.

But China is a good counter-argument to that assertion. It's very technologically advanced, yet its totalitarian regime is continuing to commit atrocities (murders, work camps, prison sentences without due process, etc.) against Uyghurs.

[dash2]

The Canadian government is not planning genocide. Your comment is irrelevant.