Reuters: Turkey's Erdogan prevails in election test of his 20-year rule
ANKARA (Reuters) -President Tayyip Erdogan extended his two decades in power in elections on Sunday, winning a mandate to pursue increasingly authoritarian policies which have polarised Turkey and strengthened its position as a regional military power.
His challenger, Kemal Kilicdaroglu, called it "the most unfair election in years" but did not dispute the outcome. Official results showed Kilicdaroglu won 47.9% of the votes to Erdogan's 52.1%, pointing to a deeply divided nation.
The election had been seen as one of the most consequential yet for Turkey, with the opposition believing it had a strong chance of unseating Erdogan and reversing his policies after his popularity was hit by a cost-of-living crisis.
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NU Editor: A 4.2% difference in the vote. A close vote, but not enough to unseat Erdogan.
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5 comments:
The only bright spot is that nearly half did not vote for Erdogan, though the sharp division probably points to even more draconian measures and NATO divisions to come.
20 years of rule plus another five? Most people in the west would call that a dictator. But since he’s NATO’ little bitch, he gets a pass.
the Blob is not happy
Term limits exist so that a truly good candidate can never have enough time in office to purge the blob. Don't defend term limits. They prevent the system from healing. Putin needed more than 8 years to fix the Russian economy.
Hes a pain in the ass for nato
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