Posted on 04/14/2017 10:04:19 AM PDT by ColdOne
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan Friday made a final push for votes in a referendum on expanding his powers, as the authorities said they had foiled a possible jihadist plot against the poll.
Opinion polls -- usually treated with caution in Turkey -- have predicted a tight outcome on Sunday despite the considerable advantages of the 'Yes' campaign in both airtime and campaign resources.
The referendum will take place under a state of emergency that has been in place since last summer's failed coup, which has seen some 47,000 arrested in the biggest crackdown in Turkey's history.
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Sounds like Erdogan's "Night of the Long Knives".
as jihadists detained
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What a joke, Erdogan IS a jihadist.
Yep, so you know it was his enemy that was detained.
I’ve got to think that referendum will go through unfortunately.
The Kurds are ? 30% or so of the population. One would think they’d all vote against it and other right-minded folks.
No way it will be fair election. Plus I don’t put it past erodgan to not have his people at election sites like obama did with the black panthers.
With erodgan you know he will just kill off those who vote against him, like he has been doing.
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