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Tuesday, January 22, 2019

bne IntelliNews - Turkey’s democratic deconstruction: Not so amusing

Turkey’s democratic deconstruction: Not so amusing

By Akin Nazli in Belgrade January 22, 2019

You may have noticed some very odd Turkish pre-election stories making a big splash in the global news media’s short-attention-span 24-hour news cycle before disappearing as fast as they arrived. The tale of the 165-year-old first-time voter found on the electoral roll perhaps? Or the single apartment apparently home to 1,000 registered voters? All very amusing, but their appearance and rapid disappearance beg two rather important questions.

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