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June 25, 2018

Turkish President Erdogan Declares Victory in Presidential Election
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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has declared victory in Sunday's
election, lengthening his 15 years in office and allowing him to further
consolidate power. Sunday's presidential and parliamentary elections
were the first since Turkish voters narrowly approved a referendum last
year to give the president sweeping powers, which critics have warned
could turn Turkey into a dictatorship. Erdogan's government has presided
over a far-reaching crackdown on civil society, including the arrest of
tens of thousands of activists, lawyers, academics, journalists,
political dissidents and Kurds. Erdogan's party also won the majority in
the parliamentary elections, although the progressive, pro-Kurdish
Peoples' Democratic Party did win enough votes to enter Parliament.


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