Turkish President: Turkish and Referendum

turkish president: The Turkish referendum, held on April 16th of this year, was about proposed changes to the Turkish constitution, according to Huffington Post Canada. The changes will give the Turkish president significantly more power. Although the referendum itself had nothing to do with immigration or integration, in Turkey or elsewhere, it provides an interesting frame for understanding how Turkish immigrants to western societies are or are not adopting western values. They will also completely defang any mediating democratic institutions, dramatically turning Turkey in an authoritarian direction. In this referendum, Turkish expats abroad were eligible to vote. Sunday's Yes result narrowly achieved and through a highly suspect voting process signals the effective end to Turkish democracy as we know it. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.