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[–] doggone [OP] 2 points (+2|-0)

I'd like to know the results, for one thing. There have been stories over the last couple days about how tight the election was, and the "Erdogan may be losing his grip".

And, apparently, there are additional rounds of elections if the ruling party doesn't get a specific percentage of the vote in teh first round.

I'd like an update.

[–] Boukert 3 points (+3|-0)

From what i gathered Turkey/ Erdogan is currently still in campaign mode, the elections are 24th of june so a week and a half to go. Most EU states have barred Turkish campaigning in their countries. In polls Erdogan is indeed slowly losing ground, and the population seems to get more grumpy about his rule, stating his last referendum win was a bridge to far. It's hard to spread this message tho with media and internet heavily controlled but we'll see. I hope the Turks will see the light before they throw themselves back into the middle east, but I doubt Erdogan would let go easily

one of the latest polls: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-06-13/erdogan-fights-to-keep-power-as-bloomberg-poll-shows-tight-votes

[–] doggone [OP] 1 points (+1|-0)

Thanks for the link. Sounds like there is a slim chance of a shake up.