And the latest World Surf League event. Lets return to the referendum in turkey. This result means president erdogan could be in power until 2029. Earlier in his career, mr erdogan said, democracy is like a bus. When you come to your stop, you get off. Evidently, his stop is some way down the road. And even before this result, he was a giant of turkish politics. In 2001, he founded thejustice and Development Party of the akp, and Development Party, or the akp, as we often call it. He became Prime Minister in 2003 and then president in 2014. That was a year after nationwide protests at the alleged authoritarianism of his style of government. There was International Condemnation over the governments response to the protests. Then lastjuly, there was the attempted coup, and a widespread crackdown has followed. While all of this has been playing out, turkey has taken in hundreds of thousands of syrian refugees. Its also experienced an increase in terrorist activity, primarily conducted by
Thats taking the easy answer son. I. Think my father would be angry sometimes i think the intent. Starts joining. Hello and welcome to focus on europe im michel henery good to have you with us turkeys citizens head to the polls to determine the fate of their countrys future for months now many have said that the reelection of president great czech Tayyip Erdogan is a foregone conclusion and no matter who wins the vote brings in major constitutional change one that would transform the next presidency into one with unprecedented
executive powers richard Tayyip Erdogan has ruled turkey since Two Thousand And Three that means an entire generation has grown up with only him in power and with half of the population under thirty the country young people will be the ones who dictate the outcome of the vote despite recent polls suggesting most would likely vote in line with their parents our reporter met with two of them a young woman who passionately longs for change and a young man who is one
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