Will Erdogan Win?

[Mrleft88]

Re: Will Erdogan Win?

Erdogan, like certain American politicians who need not be named (Too many) have no ethical restraints, and so cheating, lying, and blatant stealing is no problem. He will maintain his power seat, for a while, until some generals decide his sell by date has expired.... Then.... Open windows exist in Turkey too.... And gravity is universal in it's political impartiality.

[gypsie]

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He's old and unwell. 20 years at the helm.
This power drug must be very addictive, no one ever seems to want to give it up.

[P.I. Stazzer-Newt]

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It would be wise to remember how the Ottomans dealt with the succession problem.

[Paul Pless]

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This power drug must be very addictive, no one ever seems to want to give it up.

when one such as erdogan gives up power, the succeeding regime often seeks justice

[Scary Borg Craft]

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Going to be a run-off.

OSCE points out that media channels gave Erdogan 38 hours of coverage to the run up of the election, compared to 38 minutes, for the opposition. Being in power for 20 years gets you friends in the right places.

[Gerarddm]

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It would be wise to remember how the Ottomans dealt with the succession problem.

As I recall from the Aubrey/Maturin books, strangulation by bow string.

[skuthorp]

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when one such as erdogan gives up power, the succeeding regime often seeks justice

Ex dictators and their ilk have less safe places to shelter than they once had.

[dutchpp]

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Another round on May 28.
What struck me was that the number of people that lived in the area's struck by the earthquakes still voted en masse on Erdogan, weird.

[Scary Borg Craft]

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Another round on May 28.
What struck me was that the number of people that lived in the area's struck by the earthquakes still voted en masse on Erdogan, weird.

Not weird at all. Only that you see news they do not. Same can be said for many other countries.....including people in the USA. Media control.

[dutchpp]

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^Manipulation necesse est, even in the Bilge?

[gypsie]

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Erdogan won and gracious as expected;

He ridiculed his challenger for his loss, saying "bye bye bye, Kemal," as supporters booed.

Why are these 'hard men' such nasty POS's?

https://www.lemonde.fr/en/turkey/article/2023/05/28/turkish-election-polls-close-with-erdogan-favourite_6028290_219.html

5 more years.

[WszystekPoTrochu]

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Cases like Erdogan make me question the whole idea of expats voting. One won't live through consequences of your vote, one has only faint idea of what consequences of previous elections were. No man should be ever stripped of citizenship against their will, but there is something inherently undemocratic in affecting choices of community you are no longer active member of.

[dutchpp]

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70% of the Turkish people in the Netherlands voted for Erdogan, the fools.

[Andrew Craig-Bennett]

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90% of the Turkish people in Britain didn’t vote for Erdogan, apparently. The handful of Turks whom I know here certainly didn’t!

Mind you, I’m about as likely to know an Erdogan-voting Turk as I am to know a Marcos-voting Filipino.

[gypsie]

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Most Australians voted against him.
Most western countries did. Interesting axis, across north Africa, and straight up through France to Norway.... A pattern? Muslim populations?

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/5/29/how-did-turks-living-abroad-vote-in-turkeys-run-off-election