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Return of the Ottoman Caliphate?
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Originally Posted by Pete
Took him 8 years buy Erdogan has just about sewn things up
"Turkish referendum polls show 'Yes' vote above 51 percent"
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-tu...-idUSKBN17F0V3
"A narrow majority of Turks will vote "Yes" in Sunday's referendum on changing the constitution to grant President Tayyip Erdogan sweeping new powers, two opinion polls showed on Thursday.
The April 16 vote will decide on the biggest change in Turkey's system of governance since the modern republic's foundation almost a century ago, potentially replacing its parliamentary system with an executive presidency........" |
Sir: The tea leaves are compelling. Maybe all this implies a return of an Ottoman Caliphate? The Turks hosted the ME Caliphates for a few hundred years imploding in the 1920's, and I think Erdogan would love nothing better than see a return to those old glory days. 'Course, it's not the same enchilada neighborhood, but crazy doesn't always care.
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LarryW
"Do not go gentle into that good night..."
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