Turkey is not a free country any more.
One thing to do is actually voting with your wallet. For example, stop flying Turkish Airlines which is currently flooding the market with cheap tickets.
One thing to do is actually voting with your wallet. For example, stop flying Turkish Airlines which is currently flooding the market with cheap tickets.
In addition, if we've learned anything from the past decade, it's that economic problems breed political instability. So maybe Turkish population is better off (in the long run) if we support them economically.
I honestly don't think that boycotting a country or company for reason x can be called "dishonest". Where did you read that I encouraged people to by iPhones and "other cheap Chinese stuff". Hint: I haven't.
Isn't this essentially the Arab Spring come to Turkey? In that case, the democratizing influence of the Web and smartphones seems a critical element.
We, the oh-so-enlightened in the US face a 2% growth target and can't maintain that. Kemalism in Turkey was stable for a long time, but is now at risk.