Turkish Democracy - on the brink

[Fragony]

Sums it up.

But all this is getting even funnier, Norway supposedly wants to give Gülen-supporters (that means everybody who is again the neo-sultan) political asylum. Hell hath no fury like a Turk feeling dishonored so we are going to hear some wild things from that supermarketfloorrolltoddler

[Fragony]

Big LOL@the neosultan, a kids book offends him. Truly. Must be gülen-kids in Austria. Europhiles were so angry when Wilders called Erdogan a total freak, but let's add things up. Ah well let's just don't. Yeah, we Dutch are nazi's, we killed those muslims in Sebrenica, and we used to bury muslim children alive. If only that was everything. Can a sane Turk please shoot him.

[Seamus Fermanagh]

Turkish voters vote to support increased presidential power. Link

[Montmorency]

These are the days for famous narrow victories.

[Fragony]

I wonder how many Turks were afraid of getting on a 'gulen supporter' list, but then again, Turks are fiercily nationalistic and Erdogan brings some grandeur.

[Philippus Flavius Homovallumus]

RIP Turkish Democracy.

Next up - reinstatement of the death penalty.

[Fragony]

Well it's democracy even when rigged and intimidation was the key component. They are not going to like what happens next, tourism will freeze because of the Erdokhans outbursts and there isn't really anything else worth looking for. That big country is an economic midget with no friends. A big army that will make their treassury cough up blood the second they start their engines and I bet the Kurds can already smell it, as does the army itself probably, happy civil-war dear neosultan, nice palace by the way, really big. Adieu erdokhan may you live in interesting times

[Husar]

Last I saw, 63% of Turks in Germany voted yes...
Then again I wonder whether the number was even reliable or changed a bit to create a rift between Germans and Turks.

Sounds crazy, but so do reports from Turkey from election observers. In Kurdish regions, police and military were inside the polling stations.
In several provinces, votes without official polling papers were counted due to alleged mistakes of the local officials in conducting the polling. The polling authorities just accepted this.
In other provinces, observers were not allowed into any of the polling stations while in yet other provinces, they reported that voters were forced to vote openly and not in secret...

It sounds a bit like the vote in Crimea, except that it was still close this time.

Edit: Almost forgot: One of the opposition parties had problems getting enough polling observers in some parts of the country because their people are all in jail...