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1980-1.July80-Oct.81 -    Note: 240

Page: 51
Date: July 1980
Location: Istanbul
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My own view:
1. State has lost control of violence.
- Police incompetent
- Courts slow and complex
- Penalties humane and lenient {?}

2. Killing is acceptable; spreading beyond politics.

3. 2 rival {?} of mafias, collecting protection money.

4. The reality is daily roughing up, harassment. Everyone is afraid.

5. No obvious way of reversing the trend (beyond army). Extreme right --> civil war.
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