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Erdogan Appears to Suffer Major Defeats in Turkey’s Two Biggest Cities
The New York Times ^
| March 31, 2019
| Carlotta Gall
Posted on 03/31/2019 6:33:30 PM PDT by Texas Fossil
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Even with imprisoning his opposition and cheating at ever step in the election process, looks like a bad election for the AKP.
CHP (Kemalists) might just make a resurgence.
There is not that much difference in the 2 parties, except the Islamist factor for Erdogan. The Kemalists said they were secular from the beginning.
Let's see where this goes. Should be interesting.
To: Texas Fossil
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posted on
03/31/2019 6:34:33 PM PDT
by
dfwgator
(This week I'm dfwredraider)
To: Texas Fossil
Have Cook and Broward counties filed their returns yet?
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posted on
03/31/2019 6:36:16 PM PDT
by
BradyLS
(ODO NOT FEED THE BEARS!)
To: Texas Fossil
"Democracy is like a streetcar. When you come to your stop, you get off." - Recep Tayyip Erdogan
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posted on
03/31/2019 6:38:44 PM PDT
by
Flag_This
(Liberals are locusts.)
To: Texas Fossil
What?
I thought Erdogan was the great anti-Trump...
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posted on
03/31/2019 6:41:26 PM PDT
by
marktwain
(President Trump and his supporters are the Resistance. His opponents are the Reactionaries.)
To: BradyLS
No, they are still counting.
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posted on
03/31/2019 6:44:19 PM PDT
by
Texas Fossil
((Texas is not where you were born, but a Free State of Heart, Mind & Attitude!))
To: dfwgator
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posted on
03/31/2019 6:44:35 PM PDT
by
Texas Fossil
((Texas is not where you were born, but a Free State of Heart, Mind & Attitude!))
To: Flag_This
Yes, he said that and meant it.
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03/31/2019 6:45:03 PM PDT
by
Texas Fossil
((Texas is not where you were born, but a Free State of Heart, Mind & Attitude!))
To: marktwain
Erdooooo is collapsing the Turk economy.
And the natives are restless.
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posted on
03/31/2019 6:45:50 PM PDT
by
Texas Fossil
((Texas is not where you were born, but a Free State of Heart, Mind & Attitude!))
To: Texas Fossil
The big cities, which are more cosmopolitan, probably don’t care for Erdogan, but in the rural areas, he gets a lot of support.
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posted on
03/31/2019 6:47:31 PM PDT
by
dfwgator
(This week I'm dfwredraider)
To: dfwgator
Yes, I think you may be right.
The Kemalist despised the likes of Erdogan. Erdogan pulled the faux coup and crippled the Kemalists.
They are not to be taken lightly. Even now.
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posted on
03/31/2019 6:55:01 PM PDT
by
Texas Fossil
((Texas is not where you were born, but a Free State of Heart, Mind & Attitude!))
To: Texas Fossil
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posted on
03/31/2019 7:37:43 PM PDT
by
yldstrk
(My heroes have always been cowboys)
To: Texas Fossil
“Erdooooo is collapsing the Turk economy.”
He rushed through the last elections nine months ago, to consolidate his power, specifically because they knew the economy was heading over the cliff. They wanted to get re-elected before people felt the real pain.
Well now the real economic pain is spreading, and it is unlikely to get better for the common folks anytime soon.
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posted on
03/31/2019 7:45:11 PM PDT
by
BeauBo
To: dfwgator
“It means nothing.”
Those cities are full of Eurotrash wannabes. Erdogan’s support has ALWAYS come from the countryside. This is nothing new.
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posted on
03/31/2019 7:51:43 PM PDT
by
DesScorp
To: BradyLS
They’re still counting chads.
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posted on
03/31/2019 7:52:54 PM PDT
by
BipolarBob
(I got dozens of friends and the fun never ends that is, as long as I'm buying)
To: BipolarBob
They may be actually hanging Chads.........
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posted on
03/31/2019 8:04:27 PM PDT
by
Lurkinanloomin
(Natural Born Citizen Means Born Here Of Citizen Parents_Know Islam, No Peace-No Islam, Know Peace)
To: dfwgator
It'll only mean something if Erdogan gets capped soon.
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posted on
03/31/2019 8:23:13 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
To: Texas Fossil
Why doesn’t someone just take him out already?
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posted on
03/31/2019 9:32:55 PM PDT
by
montag813
("This is Montag, Block 813...")
The Three Amigos
Iran's President Hassan Rouhani, Russia's Vladimir Putin and Turkey's Tayyip Erdogan meet in Sochi, Russia November 22, 2017. (photo credit: SPUTNIK/MIKHAIL METZEL/KREMLIN VIA REUTERS)
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posted on
03/31/2019 11:35:09 PM PDT
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SunkenCiv
(Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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04/01/2019 12:00:31 AM PDT
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SunkenCiv
(Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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