Lone rebel in Erdogan’s back yard – The Times (subscription)

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As Turkey votes today on new powers for the president, one dissenting voice can be heard on the streets where he grew up

At 9am today, Hussein Ustunbas will leave his modest flat in the Kasimpasa district of Istanbul to cast a vote for the man he thinks will save Turkey.

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, a friend and former neighbour, is the only bulwark against the chaos that has swept his homeland, he believes.

We want stability, said Ustunbas, 67, a retired mechanic whose living room wall bears a photograph of his family posing with Erdogan and his wife, Emine. If he wins, there will be no suffering.

Across the road Ozcan Yildirim, 50, will leave his bakers shop for the same polling booth. But, to the disgust of his neighbours, he will vote no in a referendum on changes to the constitution that would make the president

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