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Outrageous-Gur4824 t1_j6enwy8 wrote

When my father was a senior US Air Force officer, one of his duties was to negotiate a new labor contract between the USAF and the Turkish national labor union for labor done by Turkish contractors on US bases in Turkey.

One night, my father’s aide disappeared. Several days later, he was dropped off at my fdther’s tenlotsry apartment at Incirlik AFB — badly beaten and still bleeding.

It was a typical Turkish tactic — sending the message to my father not to drive too hard a bargain, lest he be next.

So yeah, people visiting Turkey should be wary.

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SethikTollin7 t1_j6flshf wrote

Eye for an eye doesn't make the world blind, but choosing an equal financial burden to the issue sounds fun.

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Sc0nnie t1_j6j36md wrote

Wild. I sincerely hope the response was to stop employing Turkish nationals on the base entirely.

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Outrageous-Gur4824 t1_j6jea69 wrote

The realomse was to conclude negotiations as if nothing had happened. US government didn’t want to give the Turks the satisfaction of letting them know it had any impact.

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Sc0nnie t1_j6jjyb9 wrote

That’s unfortunate. Knowingly employing violent criminals risks the security of the base. Dressing it up as “not giving them the satisfaction” of acknowledging the blackmail is rationalization.

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DavidNipondeCarlos t1_j6mg2j8 wrote

8 years ago we retired military could fly there on transport to visit the area area as tourists. No longer aloud for our security.

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slashd t1_j6i9a6y wrote

What did your father do next?

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Outrageous-Gur4824 t1_j6jdsry wrote

He negotiated a fair contract and then came home to Ramstein AFB, where he resumed his primary role as the Deputu War Plannwe for HQ US Air Forces Europe.

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