Why Erdogan’s win isn’t all it seems
“We are here, we will not surrender to this darkness!” declared dozens of well-known Turkish women in an open letter urging their peers to vote in Sunday’s runoff elections for the presidency of Turkey.
“Let’s build a country where fear has no place, where equality and freedom prevail”, said the women, including academics, artists and politicians.
Days later, it seems those dreams of equality and freedom won’t be realized any time soon.
The victory of incumbent Recep Tayyip Erdogan — securing 52.1% of the vote against opposition candidate Kemal Kilicdaroglu’s 47.9% — gives him another five-year term.
This was a very strong result for the opposition, given the difficulties of competing against an autocrat who has increasingly stifled dissent.… Seguir leyendo »