Putin and Xi Jinping vote for Erdogan.
European leaders, Kiliçdaroglu.
On May 14, however, it is the Turks, and them alone, who will go to the polls.
Who wouldn't want them to finally have a date with democracy?
Since they have only missed the omen since 1923. Exaggerated?
This is not what the century of existence of their Caesarian Republic says.
As early as 1930, Mustafa Kemal simulated a multiparty system by forging a false opposition party which he dissolved the same year.
In 1960, the military suspended the alternation while hanging high and short the liberal Menderes.
In 1971, they claimed the restoration of order by having overthrown the progressive Demirel.
In 1980, they repeated their martingale of the saving coup d'etat by once again chasing Demirel.
In 1996, they reiterated it by ordering the Islamist Erbakan to resign.
In 2001, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, ineligible, came to power thanks to a parliamentary coup.
In 2016, he used the aborted putsch of his adversaries as a pretext…
This article is for subscribers only.
You have 85% left to discover.
Want to read more?
Unlock all items immediately.
TEST FOR €0.99
Already subscribed?
Login
