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
Well it looks like #Turkey’s presidential elections are heading for a runoff with neither #Erdoğan nor #Kılıçdaroğlu securing a majority (they have 49.35% and 45% of the vote, respectively, with 98.89% of the votes counted).
The other two candidates split the vote in Erdoğan’s favour, with far-right candidate Oğan at 5.22% and İnce, who withdrew with four days to go, at 0.43%.
IF the opposition votes all go to Kılıçdaroğlu in round two, he would win. One can only hope.
https://secim2023.trthaber.com/cumhurbaskani-secimi/genel-sonuclar
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