AKP virtually controls every stage of the election process and their leaders still claim that because of organized crimes they have lost İstanbul. Creating a total lie and then believing it. This has been happening since Gezi protests. In the old days, they used to fabricate more sophisticated lies. Now no need for sophistication…
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