Turkey is sliding into dictatorship
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Turkey is sliding into dictatorship
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#2The problem is the vote has likely already been counted and any voting is just for an aura of legitimacy.
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#3All you need for constitutional reform is a 50% majority on a referendum. That seems way too easy.
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#4Sliding? More like rushing full throttle. Ataturk would be disgusted.
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#5All you need for constitutional reform is a 50% majority on a referendum. That seems way too easy.
Totally agree. Constitutional changes should be difficult by design.
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#6I've read the Economist for a long time, and they should be ashamed of themselves for not calling out how wrong they were when Erdogan was first elected.
Their line was that the AK's "moderate Islamism" would be good for democracy long-term, and anyone who was afraid of political Islam was regressive.
Yeah, sometimes editors and opinion pieces are wrong. But admit it when you are -- I haven't seen the Economist staff learn anything from this sad episode.
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#7The only thing about this which surprises me is how Erdogan seemed to really want Turkey to become a member of the EU, and yet has been actively doing everything he can to make that impossible.
Then again, he tends to say and do a lot of odd things, so I guess the simple answer is to not assume any kind of competence or rational thinking from political leaders.
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#8Time for some American intervention to restore "freedom" and "democracy" or is it too early yet?
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#9This is even more reason to contribute to activists trying to stop the conversion of Hagia Sophia into a Mosque. It is a piece of 6th century history that we as a civilization just cannot afford to lose.
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#10This is even more reason to contribute to activists trying to stop the conversion of Hagia Sophia into a Mosque. It is a piece of 6th century history that we as a civilization just cannot afford to lose.
I thought it was already used as one? I don't particularly care what it's used for as long as it's generally open to the public, are they planning on closing it off to people or tearing it down or something?