Big cities voted against the Erdogan regime
Turkish socialists Marksist Tutum comment on the results of the Turkish referendum. The big cities such as Istanbul, Ankara, Izmir, Antalya, Denizli, Diyarbakir, Adana, Mersin and Eskişehir, where the working class is concentrated, said no to the one-man regime in the referendum held on 16 April. Half of the population did not want the one man regime, despite the fact that all the state’s resources were mobilised to win the referendum and democracy was suppressed. Democratic rights were suspended, all opposition groups were suppressed, and their voices were reduced. In the cities where the...