..Voters in Turkey created de facto coalition between AKP and nationalist MHP. MHP leader wouldn't and AKP dragged feet so voters did. 5/n
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Replying to @zeynep
I will continue to criticize the dreadful state of freedoms in Turkey. Not because the past was great but because I stand on principle. 7/n
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...So opposition parties in Turkey aren't offering plausible politics beyond their base. Media pressure makes that harder of course. 7/n
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So only big difference in Turkey's politics in past decade is HDP firmly past threshold. After five awful months, still past. New player.8/n
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And AKP should thank the vote monitors that pro-govt media has been calling "terrorists." Polls were off by 8-10%. Monitors were essential.
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So that's it. I'll continue to watch/follow my core issues as always: Internet freedoms, movements etc. And be stuck in traffic.









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In Istanbul traffic. Chatting with taxi driver, expecting traffic talk. Listening to his fiery lecture about media freedoms & rule of law.
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@bashakalakha I am listening to a long long soliloquy on why media freedoms are essential to a functioning democracy.2 replies 0 retweets 2 likes
@bashakalakha Funny part is that I didn't initiate it at all. 
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