Posted on 05/14/2023 4:28:07 PM PDT by jcon40
Recep Tayyip Erdogan has addressed his supporters from the balcony of his AK Party headquarters in Ankara, and started off by singing a love song for his supporters waiting for him.
He then started his speech by saying: "Someone is in the kitchen, we are in the balcony," as a reference to his opponent Kemal Kilicdaroglu who has published videos from his modest kitchen during the election campaign.
He continued: "Even though the final results are not in, we are far ahead. We still don’t know the final official results, we are still waiting for the will of the nation to become apparent. While we were waiting for the results, I decided to give the traditional balcony speech in advance."
That seems to be a clear suggestion that he might not win the first round, but that he believes he will win in the second round.
He also said: "Our nation has made its decision. You don't need to find new excuses. We will see our nation's will when we will have the final results."
Erdogan has previously given a "balcony speech" from the same spot after every election he has won.
He appeared to have already started to campaign for the second round, using the fact he came ahead of Kilicdaroglu, after more than 90% of the votes counted.
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OOPS. Turkey’s election not Turkey Selection
OOPS. Turkey’s election not Turkey Selection
I guess the "government" is counting the votes
You may have stumbled on the truth. ;-)
The establishment media thought he would lose the first round and squeak out in the 2nd.
This is a very strong result.
Hopefully the DC aligned candidate loses. Anything bad for DC right now is good for our American republic.
I’ll take the Butterball. At least 25 pounds with that breast popup plastic thermometer.
“Hopefully the DC aligned candidate loses. Anything bad for DC right now is good for our American republic.”
Pretty sad, but the ONLY way to stop our psychos in DC (and their media operatives) at this point is for enough countries to line up against us. Otherwise, nuclear warheads will be flying over the oceans.
“Hopefully the DC aligned candidate loses. Anything bad for DC right now is good for our American republic.”
A triple amen to that one!
—”I’ll take the Butterball. At least 25 pounds with that breast popup plastic thermometer.”
All good, but use a trusted thermometer.
I was at a relative’s house and dinner came unusually quickly; they said the thingy poped up good to go!
Blood coming from the turkey is a very bad sign!
Having watched the 9/11 disaster at the Pentagon, I doubt many from the DC area are enthusiastic about the continued rule by a President who seems to favor creating an Islamic State. They question is, how should the rest of us feel about that?
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