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The story should fizzle (there have been plenty like it before), but the Erdogan media spent a few days declaring that Erdogan will certainly not flee.
If Turkey had a real opposition, it would seek open guarantees (recorded in the media) from the regime, Turkey’s security forces, Nato (the Pentagon) and the US that they will await the final results of the upcoming elections and obey them.
Then, a small touch on the scales would be enough to push the regime into calling urgent elections. Countrywide daily rallies, simply keeping the demand for snap polls top of the news, would suffice. If more were needed, a general strike could easily bring about the required day at the ballot box.
Turkish politics, however, would rather deal with nonsensical issues.
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