2/2: #Turkey: After the earthquake, will the troubled and much faulted President Erdogan defy the Constitution and postpone the presidential election? Sinan Ciddi, FDD.
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🗓️ 24 February 2023
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2/2: #Turkey: After the earthquake, will the troubled and much faulted President Erdogan defy the Constitution and postpone the presidential election? Sinan Ciddi, FDD.
https://www.fdd.org/analysis/2023/02/21/earthquake-undermines-erdogans-reelection-strategy/
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| 0:30.0 | This is CBS sign the world I'm John Batter with Sinan Chidi of the Foundation for the |
| 0:39.1 | Defense of Democracy who is helping me understand the politics after the earthquake. The rescue |
| 0:45.3 | efforts are still underway. People's lives can be repaired. It's going to cost money |
| 0:50.8 | and years and the damages. Well, it's humbling to see these photographs. Whole blocks just |
| 0:57.1 | turned into dust. Buildings crashed and the election is scheduled initially for May. |
| 1:04.7 | Has to be by June 18th according to the Constitution of Turkey. But Sinan, you bring me aware of |
| 1:13.2 | the fact that there are voices, voices in the ruling party who talk about postponing |
| 1:18.6 | the election. I believe 2024 is mentioned by the leader of the AKP or a significant voice. |
| 1:25.9 | Is that possible? Can they delay the election on the basis of catastrophe? This is not a |
| 1:32.8 | war. So legally, no, they cannot and they know this. |
| 1:36.0 | On the Turkish Constitution, in many ways, can be ambiguous and open to interpretation |
| 1:41.2 | in many areas, not in this area. And I'm not a legal scholar and I have sort of read |
| 1:47.8 | the article myself, but also sort of just being vigilant with what's with interpretations |
| 1:52.4 | of this article. Seven data, the Constitution is so clear. It says that basically elections |
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