Turkey referendum: Erdogan camp set to win after most votes counted

A de facto dictator wins the majority in a "democratic" election. News at 11.

Liberalism (in the classic democracy enlightenment-age concept, not the US partisan party sense) has flourished and waned over the years across the globe. It will be interesting to see where this goes in the next 50 years.

The Guardian says things are getting messy (not that anyone was expecting anything else, I might add).<p>&quot;There is still confusion about the number of votes counted in Turkey and any result, whether declared by the president or not, should be treated with caution. [...] the supreme election commission is reporting that only between 65-70% of votes have been counted, while Turkey’s official news agency Anadolu is reporting that 97-98% of votes are in.&quot;

Nationalism has influence on the type of tech developed: <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.dailysabah.com&#x2F;technology&#x2F;2017&#x2F;04&#x2F;08&#x2F;national-technology-move-to-transform-turkeys-technology-industry" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.dailysabah.com&#x2F;technology&#x2F;2017&#x2F;04&#x2F;08&#x2F;national-tec...</a><p>Apart from that, foreign investments might also dwindle.

And regardless of how much good you think a leader actually does. Two big warnings signs of corruption and self enrichment.<p>- staying in power for a very long time. Putin and Erdogan. - Self enrichment during the time in power.<p>People should be automatically suspicious why these two want to stay in power for so long, as well as change the laws to give them more power while they&#x27;re in office.

I think, every democracy should have always a &quot;versioning&quot; system, where if 2&#x2F;3s of the people vote for a return to a certain law revision (in direct vote, on the village center) - the goverment, the jurisdiction, military, finance and&#x2F;or the totalitarian president are overruled and dispossable.<p>Are there any democratic islamic countrys left?

I think it&#x27;s better to wait a little bit and see what happens, because there is still controversial things (such as unsealed votes being counted) going on which is usual after every election in Turkey, but who knows.

some ballouts are illegally counted as valid. %49 can&#x27;t do any shit about it. Earning dictatorship in dictated way and showing that it was democratic. He just wants to save his life nothing more.

this is a bit outside looking in, but you get a sense of how easily people can be manipulated, or intimated in a democracy, without proper safeguards. Look at our election results!

Hope EU is happy about it&#x27;s long term position toward Turkey.

This will not end well for Europe. With the pussy governments we have here and Erdogan with complete power over the faucet of refugees, we are at a high risk of becoming Erdogan&#x27;s bitch.<p>Either our governments do something, and fast, or the rise of fascism in Europe will only accelerate.

Why the heck is this Hacker News?