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The Grand Turk
What 5 more years of Erdogan's rule means for Turkey
2023-05-31
[AnNahar] Ottoman Turkish President His Enormity, Sultan Recep Tayyip Erdogan the First
...Turkey's version of Mohammed Morsi but they voted him back in so they deserve him. It's a sin, a shame, and a felony to insult the president of Turkey. In Anatolia did Recep Bey a stately Presidential Palace decree, that has 1100 rooms. That's 968 more than in the White House, 400 more than in Versailles, and 325 more than Buckingham Palace, so you know who's really more important...
 won reelection in a runoff Sunday, following a nail-biter first round two weeks earlier. Having secured another five years, Erdogan now faces a host of domestic challenges in a deeply divided country, from a battered economy to pressure for the repatriation of Syrian refugees to the need to rebuild after a devastating earthquake.

Here's a look at the challenges ahead.
Posted by:trailing wife

#7  ^^ They had to use up those obsolete vacuum cleaner bags somehow.
Posted by: DooDahMan   2023-05-31 23:15  

#6  Nice hats.



Get those at Target?
Posted by: swksvolFF   2023-05-31 17:00  

#5  ^ The kind of talk that gets them all jiggy at the State Department.
Posted by: M. Murcek   2023-05-31 15:08  

#4  I was listening to Sputnik and they mentioned how one of the Turkish Ministers made a statement saying if you are an ally of the Americans, you were an enemy to Turkey.
Posted by: mossomo   2023-05-31 15:06  

#3  I was listening to Sputnik and they mentioned how one of the Turkish Ministers made a statement saying if you are an ally of the Americans, you were an enemy to Turkey.
Posted by: mossomo   2023-05-31 15:06  

#2  10 years ago, one dollar bought about 2 Turk Lira

today, one dollar buys about 21 Turk Lira

Granted that one accomplishment is the third Bosporus Bridge which is not just beautiful but also has one of the highest towers of any bridge in the world (about 1000') and is, I think, the widest suspension bridge in the world (about 190'). It opened in 2016.
Posted by: lord garth   2023-05-31 09:25  

#1  Erdogan's two-decades in power have been marked by a huge boom in construction.

I seem to recall ErdoÄŸan's family and/or cronies benefited from this construction boom. And all those buildings that crumbled during the most recent earthquake were built on ErdoÄŸan's watch.
Posted by: DooDahMan   2023-05-31 06:16  

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