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BREAKING: Turkey Makes Erdogan More Powerful, Abolishing Its Prime Minister
Poletical.com ^ | April 16th, 2017 | Poletical News

Posted on 04/16/2017 3:51:48 PM PDT by PingPongChampion

On Sunday, Turkish voters voted by 51% to 49% to abolish the office of the Prime Minister and to grant president Erdogan sweeping powers.

The referendum included 18 constitutional changes and will go into effect by Turkey's next general election in 2019. Opponents of Erdogan have called the results fraudulent and have vowed to challenge the outcome in court. It is not the first time the Turkish government has been accused of committing fraud in national and regional elections.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: caliphate; erdogan; erodogan; media; muslimworld; trump; turkey; turkeyelection; world
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1 posted on 04/16/2017 3:51:48 PM PDT by PingPongChampion
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To: PingPongChampion

He’ll last three months....


2 posted on 04/16/2017 3:54:22 PM PDT by Doogle (( USAF.68-73..8th TFW Ubon Thailand..never store a threat you should have eliminated)))
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To: PingPongChampion

Worse every day.


3 posted on 04/16/2017 3:56:16 PM PDT by bgill (CDC site, "We don't know how people are infected with Ebola")
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To: PingPongChampion

Mustapha Kemal, please call. Your people need you.


4 posted on 04/16/2017 3:57:03 PM PDT by Jimmy Valentine (DemocRATS - when they speak, they lie; when they are silent, they are stealing the American Dream)
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To: PingPongChampion

Sounds like history repeating itself


5 posted on 04/16/2017 3:59:23 PM PDT by honurider (no one is more indoctrinated then the indoctrinator)
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To: PingPongChampion

A terrorist nation, or at least one in the making, is now a member of NATO.


6 posted on 04/16/2017 3:59:49 PM PDT by yarddog (Romans 8:38-39, For I am persuaded.)
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To: PingPongChampion
Now that Turkey has streamlined its government by instituting a modern totalitarian dictatorship, I have no doubt that it will soon reach heights never before dreamed of!

Truly, Turkey will at last live up to its name, that I will tell you (to borrow an expression from our President).

7 posted on 04/16/2017 3:59:54 PM PDT by Steely Tom (Liberals think in propaganda)
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To: Doogle
The Turkish military was severely "Purged" a few years back, as a result..., Erdogan now fully consolidates his power... I'd hate to be in the "Rear Guard" of U.S. forces in that "NATO" nation!
8 posted on 04/16/2017 4:01:12 PM PDT by ExSES (the "bottom-line")
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"A terrorist nation, or at least one in the making, is now a member of NATO."

Yes and don't get me started that they are a partner on the F-35 engine which I will assume is classified. I have been a a screed for while about this with no response as it falls into are you freakin' kidding me category.

9 posted on 04/16/2017 4:08:25 PM PDT by taildragger (Do you hear the people singing? The Song of Angry Men!....)
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To: PingPongChampion

You can take take the raghead out of Mecca, but you can’t take the Mecca out of the raghead.


10 posted on 04/16/2017 4:15:31 PM PDT by Governor Dinwiddie (George W. Bush, the master of thrift shop art . . .)
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To: yarddog

Which needs to be booted....pronto.


11 posted on 04/16/2017 4:18:49 PM PDT by RushIsMyTeddyBear (I do declayah. We have a new Guvnah.)
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To: PingPongChampion

Somalia is the end game for every Muslim country. They are all on their own schedule but that is where they are all headed.


12 posted on 04/16/2017 4:22:19 PM PDT by BestPresidentEver
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To: PingPongChampion

For Turkey, there is no god but Erdogan, and allah is his prophet.

C.W.


13 posted on 04/16/2017 4:25:04 PM PDT by colderwater
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To: taildragger

NATO loses all credibility if it stands by Turkey.


14 posted on 04/16/2017 4:29:02 PM PDT by bjcoop
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To: PingPongChampion

Turkey already has millions of foot-soldiers embedded all over Europe.


15 posted on 04/16/2017 4:30:09 PM PDT by dfwgator
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To: dfwgator

Im so glad im old and never had kids


16 posted on 04/16/2017 4:34:21 PM PDT by al baby (Hi Mom Its a Joke friends)
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To: Doogle

Don’t count on that


17 posted on 04/16/2017 4:37:03 PM PDT by Nifster (I see puppy dogs in the clouds)
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To: al baby

You and me both buddy. And the actual situation is much worse than any of us realize. Imagine living in Europe 1937 with a family of 5.


18 posted on 04/16/2017 4:52:10 PM PDT by justa-hairyape (The user name is sarcastic. Although at times it may not appear that way.)
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To: Governor Dinwiddie

Mustafa Kemal Ataturk hated Islam and regarded the Arab world it came from as filthy & backward.

He made Turkey a secular republic, the least evil form of governance in the Middle East. That’ll soon be gone with the wind.


19 posted on 04/16/2017 4:53:22 PM PDT by elcid1970 ("The Second Amendment is more important than Islam. Buy ammo.")
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To: elcid1970

“Mustafa Kemal Ataturk hated Islam and regarded the Arab world it came from as filthy & backward....”
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If you want to see somebody get offended, ask a Turk if he’s Arab. Same thing with the Iranians (Persians). Been there, done that.


20 posted on 04/16/2017 5:04:41 PM PDT by House Atreides (Send BOTH Hillary & Bill to prison.)
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