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    Vote could edge Turkey closer to dictatorship

    Turkey's parliamentary system is at stake in a critical referendum scheduled for Sunday.  The measure is about change in the Constitution, but it's really a vote for or against Turkey's President, Recep Tayyip Erdo ğ an. That's according to Semih Idiz, who writes about diplomacy in his column " Turkey Pulse " for Al Monitor.

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    By Warren Olney • Apr 14, 2017 • 1 min read

    Turkey's parliamentary system is at stake in a critical referendum scheduled for Sunday. The measure is about change in the Constitution, but it's really a vote for or against Turkey's President, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. That's according to Semih Idiz, who writes about diplomacy in his column "Turkey Pulse" for Al Monitor.

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      Warren Olney

      former KCRW broadcaster

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      Katie Cooper

      Producer, 'One year Later'

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      Producer, 'To the Point'

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      Evan George

      Director of Content, News

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      Semih Idiz

      Al-Monitor's Turkey Pulse

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    The full episode

    1 of 3
    The flight bumping heard around 'round the world
    1. 1:22Vote could edge Turkey closer to dictatorshipYou’re reading this
    2. 7:57Will airline service ever be great again?
    3. 41:04InfoWars and the politics of health conspiracies
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