Google and Real Turkey

Özel Arama
I am a citizen of Istanbul and you can find my recommendations regarding what you should do during your stay at Istanbul.

You know, most of the tourists just visit the most popular places and return to their countries without experiencing the real city life.

The objective of my blog is to help you to see the real city life in Istanbul.

Sunday, July 01, 2007

Election will be unjust again


In Turkey, parties should gather at least 10% votes of all voters. Therefore it is almost impossible to pass the 10% barrier for most of the parties. AKP ( Justice and Development Party ) can easily pass this barrier since it emphasizes on Islam, and also AKP is supported by U.S. and EU.

Socialist, communist and minorities find the way of supporting and voting their independent candidates since there is no 10% barrier for them.

I think, one of the major human rights problem in Turkey is the 10% election barrier which eliminates the represantation rights of minorities.

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