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On the recordSeptember 5, 2017
Turkey is a democracy, and yet when you look at how they have recently conducted their constitutional referendum, it does not meet the standards of a democratic country.
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Ben Cardin
Democratic · Maryland

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Cardin criticizes Turkey's recent constitutional referendum as undemocratic.

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