Turkish vote-buying may not mean Erdoğan win – CSM
Turkey’s June elections have been preceded by vote-buying on a colossal scale, with money for pensioners and incentives for home-buyers.
But, despite the windfall, all is not well for President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and the government he has headed for a decade and a half. A $5.5 billion social handout is putting further stress on an economy and its currency, the lira, which has slumped more than 20 percent this year, the Christian Science Monitor said.
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