[Aduket]

Turk here. i doubt it. Average education level of turkish people is around 8th grade.

He controls all the mainstream media, and preachers in the mosques. What remains as a free ground to spread the criticic voice is internet, which has been partially censored up to now and is going to be heavily suppressed as of 2021. And social media will no longer be a safe place for criticizing Erdogan, unless utilizing secure VPN's.

When you indoctrinate uneducated people with religion and politics, you can control them anyway you want. Think about republican voters and how fanatic they have become under Trump's rule in mere four years. Turkey has been ruled by erdogan for the last 18 years, imagine how brainwashed their voter base is and how powerful erdogan has become.

Even if erdogan loses in the elections, which court/state authority can punish him in the event that he refuses to leave the presidency? None.

[prox]

Not sure why you got downvoted, it’s very concerning. Before the coup attempt I was hopeful in democracy for Turkey. I believe it was then when most opposition was routed :/

[Nginx487]

Sad to say, but HN is also targeted by government-sponsored troll factories, at least from Russia and China. I can assume, they have "guidelines" to support "in a phony mode" anti-Western authoritarian and totalitarian regimes, including Iran, Turkey, and North Korea

[shrimpx]

I’d like to know why this post is getting downvoted. Can some elucidate? Is this HN trump support at work, or is there something iffy about this post that I can’t identify?

[lambda_obrien]

It's hilarious that you're voted down probably due to talking bad about Trump, but then you're actually from a place where a man like Trump was in charge for 2 decades, so maybe people here should listen to you about his ilk and what they do to a country and stop supporting him.

[dustysilicon]

> Think about republican voters and how fanatic they have become under Trump's rule in mere four years.

Fanatics? Is that how you refer to different political views? If so, we are all fanatics.

[ethbr0]

(Keeping this short, as OT) There's a big difference between different political views & refusing to accept the results of a US election and peddling conspiracy theories.

[pjc50]

Erdogan is just a different political view. /s