A Breath of Fresh Air in Istanbul?

bobabode · #1 06-07-2015, 02:04 PM

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/08/wo...T.nav=top-news

Early election results are saying that Erdogan will have to share power after 12 years of one party rule.

finnbow · #2 06-07-2015, 02:17 PM

The lovely country of Turkey needs to be freed from that clown Erdogan.

Boreas · #3 06-07-2015, 04:32 PM

Erdogan's a serious problem in a lot of ways, not least because he seeks to overturn the secularization policies of Atatürk but this could get worse before it gets better. The first hurdle will be forming a coalition among Turkey's other parties.

Together, the liberal, secular and Kurdish parties only got 13% of the vote to Erdogan's AKP's 41%. That means that there's 46% of the vote knocking around among the more right wing, more Islamist parties. If Erdogan can build his coalition from among those groups, the net result might be to move Turkey farther to the right and farther away from a secular government.

noonereal · #4 06-07-2015, 05:02 PM

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Originally Posted by Boreas

Erdogan's a serious problem in a lot of ways, not least because he seeks to overturn the secularization policies of Atatürk .

We would have a similar problem here if the baggers got one of the dolts elected.

Tom Joad · #5 06-07-2015, 06:48 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bobabode

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/08/wo...T.nav=top-news

Early election results are saying that Erdogan will have to share power after 12 years of one party rule.

I don't give a shit about Turkey.

We have are own problems here with the Republicans.

donquixote99 · #6 06-07-2015, 07:57 PM

It's a large and powerful country in a volatile region. We have a history of helpful alliance with them. Though that did not extend to cooperating as desired with GWB's crazy aggression, I can't really blame them there. Erdrogan in ideology and corruption might be likened to a 'Pat Robertson' who gained power. I celebrate whenever and wherever such assholes suffer reverses.