A Breath of Fresh Air in Istanbul?

[Dondilion]

Originally Posted by finnbow

That said, Erdogan is a prick and hopefully got his comeuppance.

Hoping! The electoral majority is still sympathetic to Erdogan's ideology...pro Islam/anti secular.

[finnbow]

Originally Posted by Dondilion

Hoping! The electoral majority is still sympathetic to Erdogan's ideology...pro Islam/anti secular.

I'd say it's more of an electoral plurality, as opposed to a majority. I'm hoping this doesn't get ugly as Erdogan struggles for (further) autocratic control.

[Boreas]

Originally Posted by finnbow

I'd say it's more of an electoral plurality, as opposed to a majority. I'm hoping this doesn't get ugly as Erdogan struggles for (further) autocratic control.

As I said in an earlier post, Erdogan's party earned a plurality of 41% but the liberal and secular parties only got 13%. That's a total of 54%, leaving another 46% of seats won by non-liberal and non-secular parties, some well to the right of Erdogan's AKP. That's where Erdogan will look to form a ruling coalition so the government, if not the country, is likely to move to the right.