# Turkey Election, Erdogan may lose.to Kemal Kilicdaroglu. Could be good for the West and bad for Putin {Erdogan won}

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**Category:** Politics & Elections\
**Created:** [May 14, 2023, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turkey-election-erdogan-may-lose-to-kemal-kilicdaroglu-could-be-good-for-the-west-and-bad-for-putin-erdogan-won/984029 "2023-05-14T14:26:04Z")\
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**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\
**Post date:** [May 28, 2023, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turkey-election-erdogan-may-lose-to-kemal-kilicdaroglu-could-be-good-for-the-west-and-bad-for-putin-erdogan-won/984029/21 "2023-05-28T19:12:03Z")

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That is depressing. But not surprising.

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**Author:** ![Sage\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sage_rat/32/399_2.png) [@Sage\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sage_Rat)\
**Post date:** [May 28, 2023, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turkey-election-erdogan-may-lose-to-kemal-kilicdaroglu-could-be-good-for-the-west-and-bad-for-putin-erdogan-won/984029/22 "2023-05-28T19:21:30Z")

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Agreed.

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**Author:** ![wolfpup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpup/32/10618_2.png) [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\
**Post date:** [May 28, 2023, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turkey-election-erdogan-may-lose-to-kemal-kilicdaroglu-could-be-good-for-the-west-and-bad-for-putin-erdogan-won/984029/23 "2023-05-28T19:39:21Z")

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It was pretty clear this morning, if not earlier, that Erdogan would win this, though narrowly. Kilicdaroglu was pretty consistently leading in the large metropolitan area of Instanbul, but Erdogan had a consistent lead overall when the conservative rural areas were figured in. That, and some help from Moscow, put Erdogan over the top. So the _status quo_ remains, along with Erdogan’s continued opposition to Sweden joining NATO, because it would make his pal Putin sad.

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**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\
**Post date:** [May 29, 2023, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turkey-election-erdogan-may-lose-to-kemal-kilicdaroglu-could-be-good-for-the-west-and-bad-for-putin-erdogan-won/984029/24 "2023-05-29T02:10:03Z")

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What if we managed to build a country, or countries, that didn’t have rural conservative (read “reactionary”) areas?

What a wonderful world it would be. 🎶

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**Author:** ![Sage\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sage_rat/32/399_2.png) [@Sage\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sage_Rat)\
**Post date:** [May 29, 2023, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/turkey-election-erdogan-may-lose-to-kemal-kilicdaroglu-could-be-good-for-the-west-and-bad-for-putin-erdogan-won/984029/25 "2023-05-29T02:44:32Z")

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Then people would find new lines over which to become stupid.

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