Keeping my fingers crossed that Turkey can shed its Islamist autocrat today.

Not least of all because it would be good to be able to visit friends and family again.

https://ar.al/notes/my-speech-at-general-assembly-in-berlin-november-2017/

#turkey #türkiye #erdoğan #kılıçdaroğlu #turkishElection #democracy #autocracy #theocracy

Aral Balkan — My speech at General Assembly in Berlin, November 2017

@aral Not looking too promising from here, damn it. Are there major pockets of resistance out there in the 63% remaining? What are the odds that any of this is are free and fair?