• Spez's_BallzOPM
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    11 year ago

    Selahattin Demirtaş supported him in the elections.

    Even if he didn’t tho, most kurds would still vote for kılıçdaroğlu because they don’t like Erdoğan too. Hovewer, most don’t really care as they don’t like both Kılıçdaroğlu and Erdoğan, which is why turnout was low in those areas.

    • diprount_tomato
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      11 year ago

      Ok that’s too much Turkish politics for a foreign guy to digest easily

      • Spez's_BallzOPM
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        1 year ago

        Basically, they hate Erdoğan more, but they don’t love Kılıçdaroğlu either. They also don’t care enough which is why their turnout rates dropped after the MP vote.

        • diprount_tomato
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          11 year ago

          I mean, one is a Turkish nationalist and the other is an Islamist. Afaik Kurds are pretty conservative so I didn’t expect them to vote the nationalist

          • Spez's_BallzOPM
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            11 year ago

            Kılıçdaroğlu isn’t a nationalist, he just pretented to be after his campaign failed in the first round. He pretended to be a hardcore nationalist to get some more votes from nationalist people that voted for Sinan Oğan.

            Ironically, he would have gotten more votes if he just pretended to be neutral on the topic.

              • Spez's_BallzOPM
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                11 year ago

                It used to be. There is nothing nationalistic about that party anymore. They are kicking the nationalist ones left and right, like a mayor called Tanju Özcan who was actually well-liked.

                • diprount_tomato
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                  11 year ago

                  Ok, but then what about that “Syrians must go” sign?

                  • Spez's_BallzOPM
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                    11 year ago

                    That was after the 1st round, when he pretented to be a nationalist for 2 weeks as a last move.