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