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| Tamam: opponents top Twitter in bid to topple Turkey's Erdoğan | Tamam: opponents top Twitter in bid to topple Turkey's Erdoğan |
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| The Turkish president, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, has vowed to step down if his people decide they have had “enough”, prompting opponents to propel the word in Turkish, tamam, to the top of worldwide Twitter trends. | The Turkish president, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, has vowed to step down if his people decide they have had “enough”, prompting opponents to propel the word in Turkish, tamam, to the top of worldwide Twitter trends. |
| Erdoğan will contest a presidential election on 24 June, seeking to extend his 15 years in power which began when he became the prime minister in 2003 and continued with his move to the presidency in 2014. | Erdoğan will contest a presidential election on 24 June, seeking to extend his 15 years in power which began when he became the prime minister in 2003 and continued with his move to the presidency in 2014. |
| Turkey's iron lady: 'It's time for the men in power to feel fear' | |
| His ruling party is confident of victory in the polls but the country remains polarised. | His ruling party is confident of victory in the polls but the country remains polarised. |
| Erdoğan, speaking to his Justice and Development party in Ankara on Tuesday, said his foes “have just one care – to destroy Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. If, one day, our nation says ‘enough’, then we will move to the side,” he said, referring to himself in the first person plural. | Erdoğan, speaking to his Justice and Development party in Ankara on Tuesday, said his foes “have just one care – to destroy Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. If, one day, our nation says ‘enough’, then we will move to the side,” he said, referring to himself in the first person plural. |
| Opponents rapidly seized on the word and turned it into the top Twitter trend around the world, with more than 450,000 tweets by Tuesday afternoon. | Opponents rapidly seized on the word and turned it into the top Twitter trend around the world, with more than 450,000 tweets by Tuesday afternoon. |
| Some simply tweeted the word in bold letters with spaces – T A M A M – while others added slogans and gifs. | Some simply tweeted the word in bold letters with spaces – T A M A M – while others added slogans and gifs. |
| T A M A M. #TürkiyeİYİOlacak | T A M A M. #TürkiyeİYİOlacak |
| Others wrote the word as many times as possible within Twitter’s character limit, or made fancy shapes with its letters. | Others wrote the word as many times as possible within Twitter’s character limit, or made fancy shapes with its letters. |
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| The word was also rapidly seized upon by Erdoğan’s rivals who will face him in the poll and seek to force a run-off. | The word was also rapidly seized upon by Erdoğan’s rivals who will face him in the poll and seek to force a run-off. |
| Vakit TAMAM! | Vakit TAMAM! |
| Erdoğan, who has been denounced by his opponents as an authoritarian leader, said he has brought Turkey to a new level of economic prosperity and foreign policy influence. | Erdoğan, who has been denounced by his opponents as an authoritarian leader, said he has brought Turkey to a new level of economic prosperity and foreign policy influence. |
| While there is strong hostility towards him on the Aegean coast, some Kurdish areas and parts of Istanbul and Ankara, he retains widespread and enthusiastic support in the Anatolian core of the country. | While there is strong hostility towards him on the Aegean coast, some Kurdish areas and parts of Istanbul and Ankara, he retains widespread and enthusiastic support in the Anatolian core of the country. |
| Erdoğan said Turkish people had always given the right response to those who sought to destroy him, recalling the failed 2016 coup. | Erdoğan said Turkish people had always given the right response to those who sought to destroy him, recalling the failed 2016 coup. |
| Predicting victory in the election, he added: “God willing, I believe we will, together with our nation, on 24 June once again give a well deserved lesson to this team of destruction.” | Predicting victory in the election, he added: “God willing, I believe we will, together with our nation, on 24 June once again give a well deserved lesson to this team of destruction.” |
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