Posted on 06/08/2015 12:37:56 AM PDT by elhombrelibre
Turks went to the polls today in parliamentary elections, and the era of single-party Islamist rule appears to be over.
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan had been counting on the continued rule of his AKP party to change the countrys constitution after these elections, consolidating his already increasingly authoritarian rule into something even more dastardly.
But a 2/3 majority of AKP in parliament is needed to change the constitution.
Today, the Islamist party walked away with only 41 percent of seats.
Thats an eight percent drop from 2011.
In a country where the Islamists have garnered the animosity of all manner of opposition groups, from nationalists to Kurds, good luck forming a coalition.
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Will the sun make girl scout cookies for cryofenic fishing?
You’re a riot. Very, very amusing.
I was thinking of things more likely than an islamist accepting the will of a kafir/infidel and that sprang to mind. My other choice was ‘Lesser evil saving America from Democrats’ but I realized that less likely so I went with the fishing thing.
LOL!
Nearly 1400 years versus an upstart republic with or without a 2nd amendment. Jihad rolls watch for bombings in 4, 3, 2, 1
Territory lost by the vote will be re-taken by the sword. Witness history. Witness current events.
Exactly.
And so it shall be here, in the last enclave of freedom.
Exactly. And so it shall be...
What I find shocking is that the Erdogan ‘government’ allowed an honest enough vote that they could actually lose!
I no longer think that could happen here in the land of the free... I have more faith in a free election in Turkey than in America. :-(
Didn't he just move into a new $615m palace in order to be free of roaches?
If he doesn't accept the voters' choice, then hopefully, they'll go the el-Sisi route.
This is good news. It’s also not through turks first rodeo.
http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2015/04/turkish-officers-jailed-alleged-coup-acquitted-150407202357416.html
Herr Erdogan needs to be roomin’ with Mohamed Morsi.
Somewhere Mustapha Kemal is smiling
Islamists lost the Turkish parliament but retained the White House (and will continue to do so if Hillary wins).
Gobble, gooble. This is great Turkey news.
Erdogan will now lead a chanting mob into Hagia Sophia and proclaim it to be once again a mosque. He’s not done.
I’m glad...very glad that the Kurds got 80 seats.
Turkey’s Ruling Party Loses Parliamentary Majority
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