Turkey’s June 24 Elections and the Reaction of the Oppressed Muslim World
On June 24, Mr. President Erdoğan, the man who always speaks and stands for the rights of those marginalized, oppressed and wronged societies around the world as many people believe, won the toughest and most challenging presidential election in the history of the Republic of Turkey as some political analysts describe it. More than 70 percent of the people of the Republic of Turkey voted. That was the largest number of Turkish people voting for presidential elections ever in the history of Turkey. It is worth mentioning that the Republic of Turkey transformed from parliamentary to an executive presidential system of government. On June 24, all poor and oppressed Muslims around the world were keeping a close eye and following any developments about the presidential elections in Turkey. From Somalis to the people of Palestine, the Rohingya Muslim minorities in Myanmar to the devastated Syrian people by the ruthless Assad and many more other oppressed Muslims around the world in...