While the EU and the US are screaming "bloody murder" about the Crimea referendum, one of their most important NATO partners Turkey is holding it's own local elections which can not be described as being held under ideal democratic circumstances/
According to the pollster Konda, Erdogan's Justice and Development Party stood at 46 percent support in the run-up to Sunday's vote despite the recent scandals.
The opposition Republican People's Party polled at 27 percent, while the Nationalist Movement Party and the pro-Kurdish Peace and Democracy Party garnered a combined 22 percent.
The ruling AKP and their leader Erdogan has basically taken over control of the Turkish judiciary system and purged 7,000 people from the police and judiciary in response to anti-graft raids that targeted businessmen close to the prime minister last December.
Last month, an audio recording was leaked in which Erdogan apparently tells his son Bilal to hide large sums of money.has also made him ban social media Twitter and YouTube.
Turkey also remains the country with the largest number of journalist in jail globally.
What is amazing in all this however, however, is that neither the EU nor the US has made much fuss about the situation in Turkey, except for some indirect' "off the cuff" remarks.
Neither the EU or the US has also sent polling station observers to the recent elections...
Consequently there is "something fishy going on in Denmark" when it comes to the EU and the US having to deal with Turkey on the issues of Democracy, Human rights and freedom of expression.
EU-Digest
According to the pollster Konda, Erdogan's Justice and Development Party stood at 46 percent support in the run-up to Sunday's vote despite the recent scandals.
The opposition Republican People's Party polled at 27 percent, while the Nationalist Movement Party and the pro-Kurdish Peace and Democracy Party garnered a combined 22 percent.
The ruling AKP and their leader Erdogan has basically taken over control of the Turkish judiciary system and purged 7,000 people from the police and judiciary in response to anti-graft raids that targeted businessmen close to the prime minister last December.
Last month, an audio recording was leaked in which Erdogan apparently tells his son Bilal to hide large sums of money.has also made him ban social media Twitter and YouTube.
Turkey also remains the country with the largest number of journalist in jail globally.
What is amazing in all this however, however, is that neither the EU nor the US has made much fuss about the situation in Turkey, except for some indirect' "off the cuff" remarks.
Neither the EU or the US has also sent polling station observers to the recent elections...
Consequently there is "something fishy going on in Denmark" when it comes to the EU and the US having to deal with Turkey on the issues of Democracy, Human rights and freedom of expression.
EU-Digest
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