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Erdoğan’s Third Term as President of Turkey and What It Means

Wez G June 4, 2023 1 Comment Akif AKP Party ALchemy Aroma Aroma Caldicot Atatürk autocracy autocratic Black Sea Fleet Bosphorus Caldicot Dardanelles democratic demoracy economics economy elections Erdogan Erdoğan European Union Gezi Park Greece inflation Islamic veil Joe Biden Kemal Kilicdaroglu Kurds Kyriakos Mitsotakis Liz Truss London Londongrad marmite mediterranean Moscow Mustafa Kemal Atatürk Mustafa Kemal Atatürk nepotism oligarch PKK President President Biden Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan Russia Russian oligarch Russian submarines Russian warships Sebastopol Sweden third term Trussonomics Turkey U.K.Ukraine Ukrainian grain US Dollar inflation USA voter fraud war

On May 28th 2023, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan was giving a victory speech to the excited Turkish masses, who had democratically elected him to a third term as President of Turkey. He achieved 52.2% of the vote in the second round of elections compared with the 47.8% of the challenger, Kemal…

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Review: Turkish Awakening – A Personal Discovery of Modern Turkey – by Alev Scott

Wez G May 10, 2023 2 Comments Alev Scott Armenia Armenian Asia Atatürk Business camel wrestling Cyriot East economics Erdogan Europe football Gezi Park headscarves Islam Islamic State istanbul Kemal Ataturk Kurd Kurdish Kurds London middle east Muslim New York PKK Politics prostitution secular secularism transexxual Turk Turkey Turkish Turkish barber Welsh west

Alev Scott is a young female Brit whose mother has Turkish Cypriot roots and in this great study of modern turkey she relocates to Istanbul and immerses herself as much as possible in Turkish society Long time leader Erdogan, has done a lot to change Turkey in the past couple…

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