Turkish Referendum: Erdogan Victorious

[MisterrSingh]

23 minutes ago, Ranjeet01 said:

The urban/coastal Turks are the ones who tend to be anti-Erdogan.

Most of his support comes from the Anatolian heartlands. They are the more conservative religious types and would definitely be the ones cheering him on.

 

2 hours ago, jkvlondon said:

what do you mean start I thought he had already soon flavour last year by murdering dissenting army generals, journalists etc calling mobs to put down the soldiers 

I meant those who are reluctant to criticise him in the West; certain media outlets and newspapers of a particular ideological bent, who are hedging their bets afraid that any condemnation of Erdogan and his policies might be considered to be Islamophobic. When the so-called coup of last July was eliminated, the barely contained joy amongst the liberal press in Europe was embarrassing to behold. Anyone with two brain cells could see it was one big stitch-up, yet only now when those few within the country itself have begun to reach out and say, "Maybe Erdogan isn't doing the best thing for Turkey" is there a sense of acknowledging the very thing these idiots refused to see last year.

Erdogan didn't even win the support of the three main cities in Turkey, mostly, as others have mentioned, due to the generally metropolitan outlook of their citizens. Gradually as he begins to consolidate power and tighten his grip on the country, those voices of dissent within the country will get louder. This won't end well for Turkey. Long term there are going to be huge problems, and if there is a violent lurch towards outright Islamism, it's only a matter of time until America will wade in, even if it won't be until another 15 or so years. I just feel sympathy for the Kurds. They're going to be targeted in a big way by Erdogan, and nobody is going to come to their aid.