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A Turkey Divided by Erdogan Will Become Prey to Its Enemies
Cockburn, Patrick
http://www.counterpunch.org/2017/04/19/a-turkey-divided-by-erdogan-will-become-prey-to-its-enemies/Date Written: 2017-04-19 Publisher: CounterPunch Year Published: 2017 Resource Type: Article Cx Number: CX20692 What critics claim is the openly fraudulent Turkish referendum ends parliamentary democracy in the country and gives President Recep Tayyip Erdogan dictatorial powers. The most unexpected aspect of the poll on Sunday was not the declared outcome, but that the ruling AKP (Justice and Development Party) allegedly found it necessary to fix the vote quite so blatantly. Subject Headings |