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Turkey's ruling party is passing constitutional reforms to consolidate power:
Turkey's parliament approved the first seven articles in a second round of voting overnight on a constitutional bill that will extend President Tayyip Erdogan's powers, keeping the reform on course for a spring referendum.
The two largest opposition parties in parliament say the 18-article bill, which could enable Erdogan to rule until 2029, will fuel authoritarianism in the NATO member and European Union candidate country. The ruling AK Party, backed by the nationalist MHP, says it will bring the strong executive leadership needed to prevent a return to the fragile coalition governments of the past.
The seven articles approved overnight include increasing the number of MPs to 600 from 550, lowering the minimum age to be a lawmaker to 18 from 25, and holding parliamentary and presidential elections together every five years.
Also at CNN, Time, Al Jazeera, and The Guardian. You might also be interested in this take from the Daily Sabah.
(Score: 5, Informative) by Grishnakh on Thursday January 19 2017, @09:48PM
One thing I've observed is that a lot of people are followers, and feel the need to find a group to fit into, and then they become happy foot-soldiers for that group, parroting its propaganda and philosophy and ardently defending it. It's not just the hard-right of today, you see this across history. It's how charismatic leaders get people to organize under them and do their bidding even when it's obviously morally repugnant. It's amazing how people can rationalize and justify their beliefs and decisions.
We see this today with both the alt/hard-right and also with the left: just look at all the Hillary supporters who refuse to admit that she was a terrible and unpopular candidate and that that, combined with the actions of the DNC as revealed by the Podesta leaks, led to Trump being elected even though he's so unpopular. When people become convinced they're on the "right side", they absolutely refuse to see and admit any mistakes made on their side.
TL;DR: people are sheep.