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The Grand Turk
Hah Hah Hah! Rerun the election a 3rd time? Erdy stunned by huge loss in Istanbul
2019-06-24
[Twitter]

Erdogan Dealt Stunning Blow as Istanbul Elects Rival Candidate
"We'll keep doing it til you rubes get it right!"
[Bloomberg] Turkish opposition candidate Ekrem Imamoglu won the redo of the Istanbul mayor's race by a landslide on Sunday, in a stinging indictment of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's economic policies and his refusal to accept an earlier defeat.

Imamoglu, backed by opposition parties including CHP, won 54% of the vote, and the ruling AK Party's candidate, former Prime Minister Binali Yildirim captured 45%, according to state media. The political upstart broadened his margin of victory to nearly 800,000 votes from 14,000 in the March 31 balloting,
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in a clear sign voters are concerned about the crumbling of Turkey's democratic foundations and an economy reeling from a spike in consumer prices and unemployment.
Posted by:3dc

#6  Attention President Erdogan, your swine moon goddess camel's ass is on fire.
Posted by: Woodrow   2019-06-24 19:30  

#5  Tomorrow's headline: "Ekrem Imamoglu, depressed over his poor showing in the Istanbul mayoral election, committed suicide by shooting himself three times in the back of the head".

Or more likely, I suppose: Ekrem Imamoglu charged in plot to overthrow Erdogan.
Posted by: Rambler in Virginia   2019-06-24 14:30  

#4  Let's see how he tries to back up.

"All my opponents are followers of Fethullah Gülen!"
Posted by: Mullah Richard   2019-06-24 14:00  

#3  Yippee forgot to get off the train at the last stop.

Let's see how he tries to back up.
Posted by: AlanC   2019-06-24 08:29  

#2  Thanks for the heads up, dear Mercutio. It’s deleted now. It’s a popular subject today — I’d done one, too, before noticing that 3dc and Frank G beat me to it.
Posted by: trailing wife   2019-06-24 07:59  

#1  Mods, sorry about the dup post in the queue. Didn't see this on my first pass thru.
Posted by: Mercutio   2019-06-24 07:37  

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