Erdogan loses hold over Turkish capital, Istanbul disputed (Updated)

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Paphos Life
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Erdogan loses hold over Turkish capital, Istanbul disputed (Updated)

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By Tuvan Gumrukcu and Ece ToksabayANKARA, April 1 (Reuters) – Turkey’s Tayyip Erdogan suffered a severe setback as his ruling AK Party lost control of the capital Ankara for the first time in a local election and he appeared to concede defeat in the country’s largest city, Istanbul....

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Re: Erdogan loses hold over Turkish capital, Istanbul disputed (Updated)

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Hopefully the Turkish people, are finally waking up to, what this madman is doing to their country.
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WHL wrote: Mon Apr 01, 2019 9:16 am Hopefully the Turkish people, are finally waking up to, what this madman is doing to their country.
Maybe so, but that man is a despot, so he is not finished yet. Expect arrests etc. to weaken the opposition.
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Varky wrote: Mon Apr 01, 2019 10:58 am
WHL wrote: Mon Apr 01, 2019 9:16 am Hopefully the Turkish people, are finally waking up to, what this madman is doing to their country.
Maybe so, but that man is a despot, so he is not finished yet. Expect arrests etc. to weaken the opposition.
He is far from being finished, and like Dictators before him, he will use every dirty trick in the book to stay in power, but when people realise the lira in their pockets, will buy them less food, that's the time people will start to react.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/ ... 7JkR2jDYlA
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