cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/27386046
For better context in the broader timeline: Yesterday, the government pressured the university he graduated from to falsify his diploma. Law enforcement previously conducted raids and arrested various elected mayors, and is also keeping Umit Ozdag, leader of Zafer Party in jail without any reasonable justification.
Istanbul Republic Chief Prosecution Office has ordered arrest on 100 people that include politicians, journalists and businessmen, and Erdogan’s biggest rival candidate for president, Ekrem Imamoglu, who is also the current mayor of Istanbul.
Also, technically they are not the worst Middle Eastern ally of the West. Maybe giving Israel the go-ahead for their genocide showed that nobody cares about democracy and the rule of law in that part of the world anyway.
The Turkish people are more European than Middle-Eastern. Especially the educated ones in Ankara and along the western coastlines. If they can oust that geriatric wannabe dictator, it’s going to be the best country to live in for me.
Don’t get me wrong, I really hope for this to be a watershed moment for ousting Erdogan. We are all on the same side here.
My hope is not dead yet - it’s more likely for Turkey to go back to democracy in the next years than it is e.g. for Hungary - or for the divided states of america, for that matter.
Hungary is currently making a serious effort. If nothing changes, Orbán loses the next election and either has to flee the country or go to jail in 2026.
I really hope that this happens, but I haven’t seen any news indicating this. Got a few good sources?
Read telex.hu/english to catch up. Biggest independent news site in Hungary, financed by readers (that’s what the popup is about, it’s not a paywall).
For example this article.
Orbán has been in the minority for months now, not just in polls but actual crowd turnout as well.
Wow. Thank you for the link. Fingers crossed for Hungary and Europe!
There is the problem of “elections”, however: dictators have this … habit … of having “elections” which produce the officially-desired results…
I remember that election in the Phillipines, when a Marcos got elected…
NO Western “journalism” reported on it, from what I could see, but after the variability of the 1st few polls, reporting in, suddenly ALL the polling-stations were reporting 2/3rds for Marcos, always…
NO population votes that way.
I pray Hungary can get clear of him, XOR I pray that the EU can evict Hungary, as Orban’s a Putin-ally within the EU, & that’s suicidal, now.
PS: thank you for linking to a good information-source for Hungary, for us…
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