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But isn't it true that Turks can also vote from abroad by post, and Erdoğan gets a huge amount of support from Turks living elsewhere? The very ones that don't have to live under his rule anymore keep helping to put him back in
Erdogan is a constrained tyrant. The tail will wag the dog, if he's faced with the possibility of losing power. >

unless he can find something domestic to fight I'm not sure how he does that  
he can't fight NATO since all his power comes with being the fringest member of nato, and if he attacks somewhere east he just alienates the other side he relies on. >

Eh, he could always start another "antiterrorism" campaign to reduce the Kurdish population in eastern Turkey, that's usually a pretty popular move! >

Or do another pretend coup d’etat >

This is the most likely direction IMO. >

Yep worked for him once. >

Seems risky to light a match when there is a lot of flammable debris around. >


Seems risky to light a match when there is a lot of flammable debris around.

you're underestimating how stupid the average person is
i love democracy, but it absolutely allows idiots who are dumb as rocks to make very damaging political decisions swayed by emotional rather than logical reasons. It's the same reason the U.S. got stuck with Trump for four years even though he was woefully unqualified to be president >

"The best argument against democracy is a five minute conversation with an average voter." >

"Democracy is the worst form of government, except for all the others." >

That's some hope at the end of a very dark tunnel.
Will the citizens fight for a brighter future, though? >

Hopefully they won't have to fight, just show up to vote. >

That has never been the issue.

The voter turnout for the average of 18 parliamentary election is 81.4%; of the local elections is 78.7% and of the referendums is 83.1%. >

I'd be curious to the validity of that data, if it's coming from Erdogan's government reporting.. >

Voting is mandatory in Turkey, and you have to pay a fine of some sort if you don’t show up; so the majority of the country does vote, but that doesn’t mean they all have concrete political opinions.