Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has declared that democracy, freedom and the rule of law are dead – amid a government crackdown on “dissidents”. Following the recent bomb attack in Ankara, Turkey have declared all-out war against the freedom of its citizens by banning social media in the country, and declaring all journalists to be terrorist sympathisers. “Democracy, freedom and the rule of law,” have “absolutely no value any longer,” President Recep Tayyip Erdogan told local leaders on Wednesday. Dw.com reports: “Those who stand on our side in the fight against terrorism are our friend. Those on the opposite side, are our enemy,” he said in the televised comments, according to DPA news agency. Turkey will employ “an iron fist against terrorism” and “fight Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) militants,” Erdogan told a televised gathering of local district leaders in Ankara Wednesday. The president also made critical remarks about the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP), which has 80 seats in parliament. “Wherever you run, our soldiers, police and village guards will find you there and do what is necessary,” the president said. Turkey is also working on widening the definition of a “terror crime” to cover those who use the media [...]