Elections in Turkey: More than just a change of government by THG

The news fills heads with nonsense, sometimes you are better educated by not listening to it.

Erdogan's AKP rules Turkey even though it did not win having won only 42% of votes...you assume they have Free and Fair elections?

Rivals
CHP have declared their support for LGBT rights and the feminist movement in Turkey.
Homeland Party, Ataturkism, Populism, minor party.
Independent ...not winning.

there are a bunch of other Good Socialism Party or Workers' Party of Turkey from Far Right to Far Left Soclaism

Far Right jihadi social nationalist islamic party...Rivals or Not...a party which usually supports AKP anyways

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Monday, May 8, 2023 1:40 PM

SIGNYM

I believe in solving problems, not sharing them.

Yes, Erdogan has been an interesting character. A thorn in everyone's side. For a while he was onboard with the war against Assad bc - among other things- he got a cut of black-market ISIS oil trade, and was hoping to bite off a chunk of Syria in his quest for re-creating some sort of Ottoman Empire. Eventually he decided that his best bet was with Russia and Russian gas flows.

Construction is big in Turkey, both government infrasructure and private commercial. A highly lucrative and incredibly corrupt sector, which explains why so many buildings fall down during heavy earthquakes. He's kind of mis-managed Turkey's economy, making it vulnerable to western pressure (attack on the Turkish lira) by allowing high indebedness in the USD.

It'll be interesting to see what happens. Any predictions/thoughts on what a new government would bring?

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"It may be dangerous to be America's enemy, but to be America's friend is fatal." - Henry Kissinger

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Tuesday, May 9, 2023 11:57 AM

Turkey's Erdogan Faces Possible Historic Defeat As Allies Withdraw Support Over Cost-Of-Living Crisis

Due to high inflation and the aftermath of twin earthquakes that resulted in the deaths of 50,000 people, the country has seen a significant decline in Erdogan's popularity for the first time in 20 years.

Istanbul barber Hakim Ekinci, a long-time supporter of Erdogan, told Reuters that he wouldn’t be voting for the president next Sunday, blaming the government’s economic policies that have weakened the purchasing power of Turkish citizens and made it difficult for many to afford essential food items.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/turkey-s-erdogan-faces-possible-h
istoric-defeat-as-allies-withdraw-support-over-cost-of-living-crisis/ar-AA1aWaCk?ocid=msedgntp&cvid=fcc5428c771e443793511acda3707df8&ei=81

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Tuesday, May 9, 2023 12:41 PM

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Originally posted by THG:
Turkey's Erdogan Faces Possible Historic Defeat As Allies Withdraw Support Over Cost-Of-Living Crisis

That's a preview of Democrat's future in 2024, Ted.

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Growing up in a Republic was nice... Shame we couldn't keep it.

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Thursday, May 11, 2023 6:39 PM

Turkish candidate drops out in boost to Erdogan's main challenger

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/turkish-candidate-drops-out-in-bo
ost-to-erdogan-s-main-challenger/ar-AA1b3grV?ocid=msedgntp&cvid=7b4eca54219044e58f9b88fb0239d63d&ei=149

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Thursday, May 11, 2023 7:14 PM

Who gives a shit outside of Turkey?

No one does, Ted.

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Friday, May 12, 2023 4:20 AM

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Originally posted by 6IXSTRINGJACK:
Who gives a shit outside of Turkey?

Greeks maybe but the know Turks have it rigged,
maybe 'NATO' but its confused with Turkmen culture as it can go anywhere pro-Russia anti-Russia then pro-Russian again, blame Israel and Jews for everthing, cash to ISIS and flood Europe with jihads then invade Iraq bomb Kurds

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Thursday, May 18, 2023 9:46 PM

Not that I give one single shit about this along with almost everybody else in the world outside of Turkey and Ted, but I just wanted to rub it into Ted's stupid fat little face.

Quote:
The initial vote has left the Turkish opposition in “a state of shock and disarray,” Amberin Zaman reports. In the lead-up to the election, polls projected a slight edge for Kilicdaroglu, a former civil servant who promised to restore US relations strained by Erdogan's coziness with Russia and democratic backsliding. (Al-Monitor's own poll had the two candidates in a dead heat).

https://www.al-monitor.com/originals/2023/05/us-braces-another-erdogan
-era-turkey

Get fucked, Ted.

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Sunday, May 28, 2023 4:36 PM

SIGNYM

I believe in solving problems, not sharing them.

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Erdogan Wins Reelection To 5-Year Term As President After 20 Years In Power

https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/turnout-low-slow-polls-close-fi
rst-ever-turkish-presidential-run

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Sunday, May 28, 2023 6:14 PM

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Originally posted by SIGNYM:
Quote:

Erdogan Wins Reelection To 5-Year Term As President After 20 Years In Power

https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/turnout-low-slow-polls-close-fi
rst-ever-turkish-presidential-run

They showed him handing out cash to the people at the polls.

T

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Monday, May 29, 2023 8:03 PM

SIGNYM

I believe in solving problems, not sharing them.

Quote:
Originally posted by SIGNYM:
"Erdogan Wins Reelection To 5-Year Term As President After 20 Years In Power"
https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/turnout-low-slow-polls-close-fi
rst-ever-turkish-presidential-run

THUGR: They showed him handing out cash to the people at the polls.

Who is "they"? Where are links to pictures?

And, assuming this is true, at least those voters got something out of voting for Erdogan.
What did YOU get voting for Biden*?

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Monday, May 29, 2023 9:29 PM

Haha.

Get fucked, Ted.

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Monday, May 29, 2023 10:47 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by SIGNYM:

Quote:
Originally posted by SIGNYM:
"Erdogan Wins Reelection To 5-Year Term As President After 20 Years In Power"
https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/turnout-low-slow-polls-close-fi
rst-ever-turkish-presidential-run

THUGR: They showed him handing out cash to the people at the polls.

Who is "they"? Where are links to pictures?

And, assuming this is true, at least those voters got something out of voting for Erdogan.
What did YOU get voting for Biden*?

Funny. I seem to recall Raphael Warnock winning the January 2021 Georgia runoff election and clinching the Senate for Democrats, based off of a stimulus check promise that the Democrat ran House and Senate actually had the balls to pay out that exact amount he said to everyone after he won.

Highly illegal activity but Democrats did it so it made zero media coverage here.

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Thursday, July 20, 2023 11:53 AM

Portuguese tourist assaulted by Turkish police, jailed for 20 days for "looking gay"

https://www.gerceknews.com/turkey/portuguese-tourist-assaulted-by-turk
ish-police-jailed-for-20-days-for-looking-gay-220678h

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Monday, August 14, 2023 1:21 PM

Not as bad as Iran...a dictatorship for Turks...maybe not yet, the Unitary presidential constitutional republic.

Turkey inflation: Erdogan's policy U-turn tests patience
https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/turkish-inflation-keep-soari
ng-testing-patience-with-erdogans-u-turn-2023-08-10/

Syrian President Assad accuses Turkey of fueling violence, calls for withdrawal of Turkish forces
https://www.foxnews.com/world/syrian-president-assad-accuses-turkey-fu
eling-violence-calls-withdrawal-turkish-forces

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Saturday, January 13, 2024 6:14 PM

Expanding Turkic invading Turkmen

Turkey strikes at Kurdish militants in Iraq and Syria after deadly military base attack

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/world/turkey-strikes-at-kurdish-militants
-in-iraq-and-syria-after-deadly-military-base-attack

Protests or Terrorist Rebels, then civil conflicts, next was a War against the Islamic State, slowly the Taliban comeback Al-Qaeda, ISIS, might return and Turkish again trying in Syrian civil war and a Turkish occupation of northern Syria since August 2016. Turkey vs Iraq vs Iranian terrorists vs Saudi terrorists vs PKK, Islamic State Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, then Al Qaeda, Taliban guns, Iran, then USA then Russia again, Libya Libyan National Army, Hezbollah then French, British, Egypt... and 'Assad' still survives, Jordan, Canada fought with the Western allies for a while. ISIL or ISIS or Daesh Presence might be making a comeback in Africa the Middle East and Afghanistan.

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Wednesday, April 10, 2024 9:09 AM

Turkish local elections: Opposition stuns Erdogan with historic victory

Turkey's main opposition party has claimed big election victories in the main cities of Istanbul and Ankara.

The results are a significant blow for Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who had hoped to regain control of the cities less than a year after he claimed a third term as president.

He led the campaign to win in Istanbul, where he grew up and became mayor.

But Ekrem Imamoglu, who first won the city in 2019, scored a second victory for the secular opposition CHP.

Mr Erdogan had vowed a new era in Turkey's megacity of almost 16 million people, but the incumbent mayor of Istanbul secured more than 50% of the vote, defeating the president's AK Party candidate by more than 11 points and almost one million votes.

This was also the first time since Mr Erdogan came to power 21 years ago

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-68704375

This is very good news.

T

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Sunday, June 2, 2024 7:11 AM

Erdogan the Turkey AK Party is still in power, Britbongtistan Jimmy Savile propaganda news posts nonsense again, an Islamist and conservative political party is also gaining power Yeniden Refah Partisi

No change in Turkey, the Turkish go more islamic

Israel isolates itself in response to an attack it bombs the crap out of Palestine

Turkey's President Erdogan calls on the Islamic world to take action over Gaza, declares Israel 'a threat to all humanity'
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13472243/turkey-president-erd
ogan-calls-islamic-world-action-gaza-israel-humanity-threat-netanyahu-vampire.html

Turkey's President Erdogan calls Israeli prime minister a 'psychopath'
https://news.sky.com/video/turkeys-president-erdogan-calls-israeli-pri
me-minister-a-psychopath-13145110

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Wednesday, June 19, 2024 7:47 AM

someoldshit in fact Turkish culture is getting worse

Turkey issues arrest warrant for viral YouTuber Diamond Tema over debate on Islam
Turkish authorities issued a warrant for the arrest of Albanian-Turkish YouTuber and researcher Diamond Tema
https://www.euronews.com/2024/06/18/viral-youtube-commentator-diamond-
tema-forced-to-leave-turkey-after-threats-of-arrest?ref=upstract.com

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Wednesday, April 9, 2025 9:45 AM

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Originally posted by THG:

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has ruled Turkey for more than 20 years. For the first time, he isn't the favorite to win an election. Who are his rivals, what electoral alliances are there and how fair is the campaign? On May 14, Turkey will elect a new parliament and a new president. And after 20 years in power, the incumbent president, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, is not the clear favorite. The polls also show his electoral alliance trailing behind that of the opposition.

And yet he won once again. Trump is trying to do the same here.

T

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Thursday, April 10, 2025 10:09 PM