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A Turkish electoral official shows a “Yes” vote as ballots are counted in the referendum on expanding the powers of the president on April 16, 2017 in Istanbul. (Ozan Kose/Agence-France Presse via Getty Images)

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Turkey’s recent referendum, which ended its parliamentary system by transferring all executive powers to the president, has been a source of contention within its borders, as well as outside them. President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s Justice and Development Party, or AKP, along with his government ministers and MPs, led active “Yes” campaigns in an array of European countries. Those rallies and public meetings targeted not only active AKP supporters, who are the overwhelming majority of Turkish immigrant populations in Europe, but all Turks eligible to vote.

Governments in Europe expressed displeasure with what they viewed as the one-sidedness of the rallies and the tensions they provoked, including violent clashes between supporters and opponents outside the Turkish embassy in Brussels.…  Seguir leyendo »

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It was during a recent visit to a middle-class beauty salon here, amid the women getting their upper lips threaded and their legs waxed, that I saw what the One Million Signature Campaign is up against. A female volunteer approached another customer and encouraged her to sign a petition, which organizers hope to submit to Iran's parliament along with a request for legal reforms on gender equality. The woman said she supported the demands for equality but shied away from what she considered overt political activity against the regime.

The campaign against gender discrimination is encountering resistance on multiple fronts.

Activists gave themselves two years to collect a million signatures, but tomorrow, the campaign's one-year anniversary, they will not have more than 100,000 to report.…  Seguir leyendo »