Governments come and go; regimes hold on for dear life. The system that Turkey’s President Erdogan controls already resembles the second
’s main leaders, Binali Yildirim, a former prime minister. He did so not just once, but twice. On election night, just as Mr Imamoglu was poised to overtake his rival, the state news agency suddenly stopped updating the vote tally. Overnight large banners proclaiming Mr Yildirim’s victory went up across Istanbul. But by the time the vote count had ended, Mr Imamoglu was ahead by over 13,000 votes.
So far, the pessimists seem to be winning the argument. On December 14th, in what many critics saw as a verdict handed directly from Mr Erdogan’s palace, a court in Istanbul sentenced Mr Imamoglu to over two years in prison and banned him from politics, pending an appeal. His crime was to have referred to the election officials who had briefly stripped him of victory in Istanbul as “idiots”.
Yet Turkey is not a dictatorship. Elections are more like a football match in which one team has eleven players, the other eight, and the referee generally sides with the bigger team, says Berk Esen, an academic at Sabanci University. But the smaller team, assuming it has the better players and the right strategy, can still play to win, he suggests.
日本 最新ニュース, 日本 見出し
Similar News:他のニュース ソースから収集した、これに似たニュース記事を読むこともできます。
Get down to Syria’s business: coming talks with TurkeyThrough years of Syria’s messy civil war, Turkey has been a foe. As the conflict slowly fades, the countries have a mutual interest in rapprochement. Can they find common ground? Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva’s return as Brazil’s president renews a mission close to his heart: ameliorating the country’s widespread hunger. And why atheism is still taboo for America’s lawmakers. For full access to print, digital and audio editions of The Economist, subscribe here www.economist.com/intelligenceoffer Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
続きを読む »
The effects at home of Syria’s civil warTurkey’s president has said he is ready to bury the hatchet with Bashar al-Assad. He wants voters to believe that rapprochement will pave the way for mass returns of refugees. Many Syrians in Turkey fear they may pay the price
続きを読む »
Turkey seeks to reassure allies on Nato enlargement\n\t\t\tGet local insights from Lisbon to Moscow with an unrivalled network of journalists across Europe,\n\t\t\texpert analysis, our dedicated ‘Brussels Briefing’ newsletter. Customise your myFT page to track\n\t\t\tthe countries of your choice.\n\t\t
続きを読む »
Turkey has given up promoting political Islam abroadPolitical Islam looks to be a spent force in Turkey’s foreign policy, at least as far as the Arab world is concerned
続きを読む »
Towie's Junaid shows off results of surgery after ‘new nose, chin and hairline’The Only Way is Essex star Junaid Ahmed is overjoyed with his new look after jetting off to Turkey in December to have plastic surgery on his nose, chin and hairline
続きを読む »