From Electorate to Caliphate

... you want the bloodshed to stop, vote for the ruling party ”. The AKP also used such slogans in its pre-election campaign as “There is no you, there is no me, there is Turkey,” thus scaring the entire electorate into voting: the religious Kurds, nationalists, Islamists and doubters. As a result, the AKP regained its majority in parliament, winning a record 23 million votes (almost 50 per cent). The Bond of Fear The ruling party will continue to build its regime, aligning government agencies with the party structure and concentrating power in ...