Satanovsky: The results of referendum will allow Erdogan to do with Turkey de jure that, what he was doing de facto
ArmInfo. The results of referendum will allow Erdogan to do with Turkey de jure that, what he was doing de facto, the President of Institute of Middle East Evgeny Satanovsky is sure.
For the modifications to Constitution of Turkey in favor of transition from parliamentary form of government into presidential, more than 51% of citizens voted on April 16. The population of the most developed cities of Turkey, such as Istanbul, Ankara and Izmir voted against the Constitutional modifications, Erdogan won due to his traditional electorate in under-developed regions of the country. According to the modifications, the President of Turkey is able to rule the country till 2029.
"Erdogan did not hold himself off anything even before the referendum, destroying the military leadership, committing clearings among his political opponents, neutralizing opposition and Media by the toughest methods. In this context, becoming the superpresident Erdogan will do inside the state what he did before. The referendum results will not influence on foreign policy as well", the analyst is sure.
Satanovsky considers the referendum results to be an evidence of absence of real opponents in Turkey. Erdoagan gained 51% of votes after a powerful agitation campaign, propaganda, persecutions, army strikes, in a word, by a number of tools by which the other politics win the election with 70-80% of votes.