BY GAREN YEGPARIAN
It turns out that the capital of Turkey, formerly known as Angora, has given its name to a variety of domestic rabbit. I learned this while snooping around the internet preparing this article, seeking some way to convey the utter ridiculousness of the latest developments in Ankara.
Take a good look at the rabbit’s face. Don’t you see a resemblance to ErdoÄŸan? Now remember that pouty-looking Angora rabbit as you read this article. That’s the level of silly inanity Ankara, Erdogan, and Turkey’s foreign ministry have stooped to.
When I read that Turkey’s foreign ministry had summoned the U.S. ambassador to convey its dissatisfaction with issuance of arrest warrants for the thugs who beat up protestors on May 16 across from the residence of Turkey’s ambassador to the U.S., I was flummoxed. Really, I didn’t know how to verbalize my bemused astonishment. When the incident first occurred, we heard ranting about how it was the protesters’ and local police’ fault! But now, it’s formal. The Turkish government has used official diplomatic channels to accuse the victims and law enforcement of being culpable.
ErdoÄŸan himself has already made his typical, blustering, declarations about the situation, with “The Guardian”
