Saturday, 11 June 2011

Turkey results watch

Image from the Economist
Tonight is election night in Turkey. While there is an official state site, I'm having a hard time making head or tail of it, so I'll probably just be refreshing Wikipedia and keeping an eye on the news.

British news sources have covered a surprising amount of Turkey's election, considering that it's not a horse-race. It may even get more coverage now that Anonymous have decided the best way to get the government to ease up on restricting the internet is to give a practical demonstration of how it can be used as a weapon against the state.

By virtue of Turkey's eastern position, and the efforts they've put into sprucing up their elections, we ought to get results pretty early and pretty reliably. I hear there'll be results out around 6 pm.

UPDATE:
The official website seems to be buckling under the pressure, but the BBC are reporting preliminary results that suggest

1) AKP are over 50% but not at the 67% they want
2) the Republicans (CHP) have done better than 2007, but not well enough to dictate terms
3) the ultranationalists (MHP) stood about steady at 13%
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-13740147

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  1. The official website seems to be buckling under the pressure, but the BBC are reporting preliminary results that suggest

    1) AKP are over 50% but not at the 67% they want
    2) the CHP have done better than 2007, but not well enough to dictate terms
    3) the ultranationalists stood about steady at 13%
    http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-13740147

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