Re:Wikipedia blocked in Turkey
by hollander on Saturday April 29, 2017 @08:02AM
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Well it seems the majority is not that big. He won by a small margin, while controlling all the media. If it had been a true free election, I bet he would have lost this referendum. And if you look at the demographics, people in cities voted against, countryside pro. Turkish people living abroad voted pro Erdogan. I bet most of those people came from the countryside in Turkey.
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> while controlling all the media
It's much, much more than that. Every single billboard and half the TV ads before referendum were ads telling people to vote "yes".
People didn't even know what they were voting for.
People trust him. He provides "Stong and Stable Leadership", he's built roads and delivered on his promises.
He then says "I need you to vote for this to give me extraordinary powers", and people trust him - especially as the opposition is in disarray
Hopefully people will see this for what it is and not vote Tory on June 8th.
Re:Wikipedia blocked in Turkey
by Al-Khwarizmi on Saturday April 29, 2017 @01:58PM
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Whenever I see a politician calling for strong and stable leadership (happens in Spain, too), I know that's a politician I'm not going to vote.