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23-06-2019, 08:34 PM
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Would be dictator Recep Tayyip Erdogan President of Turkey has just had his wings clipped. The rerun of the mayoral election in Istanbul which was disputed by Erdogan back in April with accusations of ballot rigging has seen the opposition's Republican People's Party candidate elected once more with an increased majority of 775,000 votes.

Erdogan won't be best pleased at the result and hopefully it may staunch the gradual slide into the Islamification of Turkey which he has set in motion and return to the values set out by Ata Turk at the creation of the Turkish Republic. I hope so.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-47785095
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23-06-2019, 08:47 PM
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It is 'oh dear'. He, Erdogan has taken what was a democratic country almost back to a dictatorship. Considering he hoped to be allowed into the EU, maybe it's a blessing that didn't happen ! What follows is any ones guess.
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23-06-2019, 08:56 PM
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Oh dear ...
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23-06-2019, 09:33 PM
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Always satisfying to see the decline of a dictator in any country. Or better still his/ her fall.
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23-06-2019, 10:14 PM
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It'll make not one iota of difference.
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23-06-2019, 10:21 PM
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Originally Posted by Judd ->
Would be dictator Recep Tayyip Erdogan President of Turkey has just had his wings clipped. The rerun of the mayoral election in Istanbul which was disputed by Erdogan back in April with accusations of ballot rigging has seen the opposition's Republican People's Party candidate elected once more with an increased majority of 775,000 votes.

Erdogan won't be best pleased at the result and hopefully it may staunch the gradual slide into the Islamification of Turkey which he has set in motion and return to the values set out by Ata Turk at the creation of the Turkish Republic. I hope so.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-47785095
Yes a real setback for Erdoğan and Imamoğlu is only 49 so he could be around for a while.
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23-06-2019, 10:25 PM
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Originally Posted by The Artful Todger ->
It'll make not one iota of difference.
Erdoğan started of as mayor of Istanbul. He once said something like 'he who rules Istanbul rules Turkey'.

And don't forget he lost control of Ankara as well.
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23-06-2019, 11:49 PM
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It'll make not one iota of difference.

Why is that do you think Artful Todger? (Genuine question.)
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23-06-2019, 11:50 PM
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With Erdogan being pro Russian and pro Islam it’s a very heady mix.
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24-06-2019, 12:49 AM
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With Erdogan being pro Russian and pro Islam it’s a very heady mix.

Well here in the Pacific we very much have our own bunch of maniacs to contend with but what happens in Europe is not inconsequential to us IMO. As long as everybody around them remains as "Pro humanity" and "Pro common sense" you have a 50/50 chance of seeing it off as another round of macho brinksmanship BS
 
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