Turkish snap election, June 2018

[parochial boy]

Huge march in Izmir for Ince. Even if Erdogan wins, turkeys opposition is vibrant and flourishing imo.

Izmir is kind of home turf for the CHP / the opposition though isn't it?

Which makes me think, was the Justice march last summer perhaps a good indicator of what we, might, be seeing this weekend? As in opponents marching through what you might have thought of as Erdogan's heartland.

[parochial boy]

Seems like the areas with the most counted so far are all the strong AKP areas on the Anatolian black sea coast; so we have a double effect of results from good AKP areas within good AKP provinces

[parochial boy]

On the plus side, AKP are now below 50% in the parliamentary election, and HDP are climbing towards the threshold

AKP-MHP will also certainly have an absolute majority with these numbers. Perfect.

This, but without even a trace of sarcasm.

Didn't know you Stan for the far right Tim.

The MHP is a mere appendage of AKP for the time being. I don't care about the MHP. And the AKP ain't far right.

But what about Erdogan is worth defending?

[parochial boy]

CHP has announced that they are expecting to make the runoff.

They reckon 45% - 41%, that... seems like wishful thinking

[parochial boy]

Apparently there is a bit of a difference between what is being reported and what the observers are seeing - certainly seems like the coastal and Kurdish areas are lagging way behind in what is reported. Don't lose hope yet guys

[parochial boy]

HDP have hit 10%