What's the latest on the the elections in Turkey?

I'm surprised too. Makes me wonder how bad the other guy/party must be. > Along side the Syrian Kurd story are the Iraqi Kurds, who I thought Turkey had been battling for some time. I decided to do some reading about this, and it seems like a very nuanced sort of relationship between Kurds and the nation of Turkey. A few quotes from [wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kurds_in_Iraq): >The Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP), founded by Masoud Barzani, leans toward conservative nationalism and has a strong presence in the north.[10] Given their geographic location, they have historically relied on Turkey for international leverage. > Jalal Talabani's Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) has aligned itself with Marxist ideals during their liberation struggle and has a stronghold in the southern Iraqi Kurdistan.[10] They have tended to seek support from Iran and Syria. So if I had to take a guess, many of the Kurds in Turkey are carrying on that capitalist/communist duality from Iraq, and would rather have a leader that hates them and upholds their economic ideology, than a communist that would pander to them.