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Turks Head to Polls as Erdogan Seeks to Prolong Reign | |
2014-08-10 | |
[BUSINESSWEEK] Millions of Turks will vote today in a presidential election in which Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan ... Turkey's version of Mohammed Morsi but they vote for him so they deserve him... seeks to extend his decade-long leadership of the country for another five years.
Erdogan, 60, has promised to turn the largely ceremonial post of president into a new and more powerful role. His revitalization of the economy, which grew an average of 5 percent over the past 11 years, has coincided with a more authoritarian style of rule. Turkey last year was the world's leading jailer of journalists, according to a Committee to Protect Journalists census. | |
Posted by:Fred |
#1 I'll start the guessing - Erdogan gets 75% of the vote... |
Posted by: Raj 2014-08-10 10:39 |