“Not by might nor by power, but by My Spirit,” says Yahweh Sabaoth. (Zechariah 4: 6)
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Bloomberg—How a Handwritten Note Gave Erdogan an Uncheckable Election Win:
Turkey’s referendum on presidential powers had just finished. Counting was under way. Then, supervisors at more than 167,000 polling stations received an unprecedented order from election central in Ankara.
They were told to count every ballot, even the ones without an official stamp to verify their authenticity. It was a clear departure from election rules. And it means that the allegations of fraud that have echoed around the country since the April 16 vote, one of the most momentous in Turkey’s history, can probably never be set to rest.
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has won every election in the past decade-and-a-half, and he won this one too, but not by much. His proposed changes to the constitution were backed by 51.4 percent of Turks who cast ballots, according to official results. The effects are far-reaching: presidential powers will be expanded, the office of prime minister scrapped, and parliamentary oversight curtailed. A new republic, in other words. Erdogan supporters say it’ll be more stable; critics say it tilts Turkey toward dictatorship.
With the margins narrow and the stakes high, it’s not surprising that there’s been intense scrutiny of the ballot process. At the heart of it is a handwritten note from Recep Ozel, the governing Justice and Development Party representative on Turkey’s election board. He asked for — and got — an exception to the election-law requirement that only stamped ballots be counted. Local waivers have been granted in the past, but not a blanket one nationwide.
‘Some Bureaucrat’s Mistake’
The purpose of having those stamps is “to prevent fraudulent ballots, votes brought in from outside,” said Ozel. He knew the decision, requested by his party headquarters, would cause uproar. But, he said in an interview on Tuesday at the board’s office in Ankara, it had to be done. Officials at polling stations had been handing out unstamped ballots, “we can’t even guess how many,” and voters had been using them. Refusing to count them would be undemocratic.
“Yes, there was a big negligence here, but if you’re a voter, was it your fault?” Ozel said. “You can’t sacrifice a citizen’s vote because of some bureaucrat’s mistake.”
As Ozel spoke, lines of people were waiting to file complaints at the election board’s office, showing that his take on the decision isn’t universal. There’s also been international skepticism of the referendum result — notwithstanding U.S. President Donald Trump’s congratulatory phone call to Erdogan.
According to the opposition, it’s not clear that Erdogan actually won.
At the Republican People’s Party headquarters in Ankara, Deputy Chairman Erdal Aksunger says he has suspicions over about 5 million votes. The government’s winning margin was 1.2 million.
‘It Means Fraud’
“Starting from the morning hours, we got complaints from almost 10,800 polling stations,” said Aksunger, whose party is the main parliamentary opposition. “This is extraordinary, and when it happens, it means fraud.”
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SnyderTalk Comment:
The world is moving headlong toward a cataclysmic political, economic, and religious event. It appears that nothing can stop it or slow it down.
I keep coming back to Turkey because it’s the wildcard. The changes taking place in Turkey are profound. A few years ago, no one would have guessed that Turkey would become an Islamist country, but it has. Changes in Turkey portend massive changes in the Middle East and the rest of the world.
What does all of this mean for believers?
To begin with, it means that we need to be more vigilant in prayer. It also means that we need to be better informed.
Ignorant people are dangerous regardless of their beliefs because they can and do end up supporting ridiculous things that have the potential to threaten our lives, and they don’t even know it. They contribute to our problems because they don’t know enough to stand firm against things that they should never support.
There are many examples of this, but I’ll mention just one: Ishtar Sun Day. It’s demonic. It comes from the pits of hell. Even so, churches around the world celebrate it as though it was sanctioned by Yahweh.
Out of ignorance, they call it “Easter Sunday”, but it’s really Ishtar Sun Day. If you tell them the truth, most of them will stare at you with bewildered looks on their faces. They should know better, but they don’t.
Even worse, most of them don’t care enough to find out for themselves after they have been given the truth, and in this instance, the truth is incredibly easy to discover. All you need is a brain and a computer.
I’m reminded of the Children of Israel at the foot of Mount Sinai asking Aaron to make a Golden Calf for them to worship. They should have known better, too, but they didn’t. Aaron, in particular, should have known better, but he didn’t.
Evil has consequences. I’ll leave it at that.
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“If My people who are called by My Name humble themselves and pray and seek My face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, will forgive their sin and will heal their land.” (2 Chronicles 7: 14)
Change that Yahweh calls “good” begins in the hearts of believers—people who are recognizable because they are different.
We are different because we belong to Him and are called by His Name. We are Yahweh’s people, His followers.
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“The glory which You have given Me I have given to them, that they may be one, just as We are one; I in them and You in Me, that they may be perfected in unity, so that the world may know that You sent Me, and loved them, even as You have loved Me. Father, I desire that they also, whom You have given Me, be with Me where I am, so that they may see My glory which You have given Me, for You loved Me before the foundation of the world.” (John 17: 22-24)
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