Erdogan declares victory and celebrates, but Turkish opposition advanced they would challenge results

Monday, April 17th 2017 - 10:05 UTC

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President Tayyip Erdogan declared victory in a referendum on Sunday to grant him sweeping powers in the biggest overhaul of modern Turkish politics, but opponents said the vote was marred by irregularities and they would challenge its result. Read full article

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DemonTree
RIP democratic Turkey. So many countries are falling into authoritarianism, and this one is especially baffling. With the mostly peaceful and prosperous Europe on one side, and the disaster that is the Middle East on the other... Turks chose to become more like the Middle East.
Apr 17th, 2017 - 10:34 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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Clyde15
The return of the Ottoman Empire looms ever closer.
Apr 17th, 2017 - 10:45 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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Briton
One will just have to wait and see what happens next,

at loggerheads with the Kurds and the EU,
differences with the Americans and NATO as to the military base,
and apparently friends with the Russians,

the future of this country will be interesting to say the least.
Apr 17th, 2017 - 07:51 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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The Voice
Turkey has a bloodstained history of coups, military rule and torture. President Erdogan is a popular leader elected in a democratic vote. Whatever the Turks choose long live democracy.
Apr 19th, 2017 - 02:46 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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DemonTree
“President Erdogan is a popular leader elected in a democratic vote.”

So were Chavez and Maduro. So was Mugabe. Long live democracy?

Erdogan made a famous statement early in his career:

“Democracy is like a train, you get off once you have reached your destination.”

I think he's getting close to his destination now, don't you?
Apr 19th, 2017 - 09:14 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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