Turkey election crawl
Hopes for democracy in Turkey flicker and fade
Recep Tayyip Erdogan has taken an early lead in today’s runoff election in Turkey. He got 49.1% of the vote the first time just short of the 50% he needed to win outright. An even further right candidate who got 5% of the vote, announced last week he would endorse Erdogan in the runoff. So as of noon Eastern Daylight Savings Time this sunny Sunday R…
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