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Reader comment on item: Istanbul's Election Puzzle
Submitted by Nazim (Azerbaijan), Jun 26, 2019 at 09:57
You are saying he is on the path to absolute control but he has absolutely full control of Turkey or at least his clique of advisors has Therefore only logical conclusion is that he allowed Imamoglu to win. I have some thoughts but these are speculative so I won't speculate
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Daniel Pipes replies:
Correct, he allowed Imamoglu to win. We don't know why but that should come out with time.
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| Erdogan's arrogance [47 words] | Stuart Weinstein | Jun 30, 2019 19:40 | 251145 | ||
 He just needs some time for a final blow... [10 words] | Burhan U | Jul 2, 2019 10:14 | 251145 | ||
| Don't hold your breath. [21 words] | Michael S | Jul 8, 2019 19:25 | 251145 | ||
| Oops -- Erdogan has already made his move. [105 words] | Michael S | Jul 10, 2019 02:44 | 251145 | ||
| Istanbul Election [146 words] | Daniel Kleitman | Jun 28, 2019 22:48 | 251092 | ||
| 1 | Reason for optimism: Polls shows Turks do not want Sharia [127 words] | Dave | Jun 26, 2019 12:17 | 251035 | |
| 1 |  Istanbul elections [50 words]w/response from Daniel Pipes | Nazim | Jun 26, 2019 09:57 | 251031 | |
| Erdogan's Turkey Trot [77 words] | Sheikh Anvakh | Jun 26, 2019 05:16 | 251021 | ||
| Comaring Erdogan to the EU leaders is not really fair [98 words] | Michael S | Jul 8, 2019 18:47 | 251021 |
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