Turkey’s President Erdogan is firing back against those accusing him of trying to become a dictator. From a Reuters report on Monday: “A defiant Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan denounced the West’s ‘crusader mentality’ Monday after European monitors criticized a referendum to grant him sweeping new powers, won with a narrow victory laying bare
Turkey’s President Erdogan Defends “Democratic” Power Grab
Turkey’s main opposition Republican People’s Party leader Kemal Kilicdaroglu has raised objections to the actions of the country’s electoral board in the conduct of Sunday’s referendum on whether to expand the powers of the president.