Nail-Biter Turkish Election Goes to Round 2 as Majority Eludes Erdogan
After two decades in power, a struggling Recep Tayyip Erdogan now has two more weeks to persuade Turkish voters that he is the best choice to lead the country.
#turkey #TurkeyElections #Erdoğan #KemalKilicdaroglu #NYTimes By Ben Hubbard and Gulsin Harman

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/14/world/europe/turkey-erdogan-presidential-election.html?smid=url-share

More than 12 hours after the polls closed in #Turkey and with more than 90% of the vote counted, the presidential election result is still not clear.

Preliminary results show neither President Recep Tayyip Erdogan nor his main rival Kemal Kilicdaroglu appear to have secured the majority of votes needed to win
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/world-europe-65475445

UPDATE: It's been more than 24 hours since Musk pledged to release the censorship demand he received from the Turkish government

NOTHING has been released.

Which is exactly how Erdoğan wants it.

The free speech absolutist has logged on.

Shot and chaser:

Tonight I spoke at an AAPI event and mentioned America's history of anti-Asian discrimination—including the Chinese Exclusion Act, the Asiatic Exclusion League, & Koramatsu & Japanese Camps.

Afterwards an older gentlemen approached me and said, "Thank you for reminding everyone the US Govt locked Japanese Americans in camps. I know—because I was born in those camps. I carry that with me til this day."

I was left in awe. A reminder—this isn't ancient history folks. It's contemporary reality.

Hey Anderson. There are people I disagree with, and there are actual fascists and liars. The set of people I disagree with is enormous, and I listen to them all the time. As for the fascists and liars, I don’t know if not listening to them will make them go away, but it will be good for my mental health.

So I’d rather they didn’t get a lot of free airtime on your network. Free airtime on your network will definitely not make them go away.

Turning the purely ratings-driven platforming of a spectacle that only helps the far-right demagogue who once before tried to abolish democracy and constitutional government as a necessary civic service to get Libs and Lefties to leave their echo chambers is utterly cynical and insulting. 1/

https://twitter.com/acyn/status/1656813612491501568?s=46&t=1xecvNVImNo8TKt3oEvqnA