Turkey just had elections, and we have surprising results. Despite consistently polling behind leading up to the election, the incumbent won a miraculous victory. Cenk Uygur, host of the The Young Turks, breaks it down. Tell us what you think in the comment section below.

“In June, Turkey’s leftists rejoiced. The controversial, conservative religious party that ruled Turkey for 13 years was pulled from power by a left-wing underdog. History was made.

But now, less than five months later, the Justice and Development Party (AKP) has made an unexpected electoral comeback after Sunday’s snap parliamentary election, with the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) pushed to the sidelines, leaving minorities, secularists and government critics reeling.

It’s a blow left-wing voters like 26-year-old Idil did not see coming.”*

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