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(The Turkish humanities are dominated by the hard left, something Chomsky actually noticed and praised, and he has criticized Erdoğan quite a bit to be fair, but if Erdoğan weren’t “Western-backed” I promise you he would have had a different take).

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Pre coup attempt but post Gulen-Erdogan split, in I think early 2015, he was the keynote at a conference sponsored by the movement in the Boston area that I was at. He talked about Turkey and the Middle East for 45 minutes and made no sense whatsoever.

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