I'll step aside when Turkey says 'enough', says Erdogan; Twitter responds

Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan told his party he was willing to step aside once the people told him "enough."

Soon after, the top global trending topic on Twitter was "#Tamam", a Turkish word which translates as "enough" or "It's OK".

"It is my country that drove me to lead the city of Istanbul, the AK Party and the presidency," Erdogan told members of his AK (Justice and Development) Party. "If my nation says to me one day _Tamam_ I will step aside."

Within a few hours, around half a million Twitter users had said "Tamam"

With snap elections due on June 24, Erdogan's political opponents took advantage of the trend to share their own Tweets.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Erdogan after checking Twitter&#39;s trends today. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Tamam?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc^tfw">#Tamam</a> <br>T A M A M <a href="https://t.co/24y4eIlDlH">pic.twitter.com/24y4eIlDlH</a></p>&mdash; iad tawil (@iadtawil) <a href="https://twitter.com/iadtawil/status/993868674980302849?ref_src=twsrc^tfw">May 8, 2018</a></blockquote>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">We want DEMOCRACY in Turkey so we say T A M A M . Please leave your chair, you did so insane things to your country and Turkish people. Enough <a href="https://t.co/Va23AdHSZS">pic.twitter.com/Va23AdHSZS</a></p>&mdash; BTS_Jimin (@jimin06_bts) <a href="https://twitter.com/jimin06_bts/status/993858186020118528?ref_src=twsrc^tfw">May 8, 2018</a></blockquote>
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"Turn around and leave us, you aren't wanted anymore," said one Tweet.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="tr" dir="ltr">Arkanı dön ve çık istenmiyorsun artık!<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Tamam?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc^tfw">#Tamam</a> Diyorum ! <br><br>🌸💋🌺　　🌺💋🌸<br>🌺　　   🌸 🌸　　   🌺<br> 🌸                               🌸　<br>　​🌺    T A M A M     🌺<br>　　​💕　               💕<br>　　　   🌸　  🌸<br>　　　   　 ​ 💕</p>&mdash; 🇹🇷  T.C. Şeri   🇹🇷 (@TC_Seri) <a href="https://twitter.com/TC_Seri/status/993861645159075845?ref_src=twsrc^tfw">May 8, 2018</a></blockquote>
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"It's enough, so please step aside," another wrote.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="tr" dir="ltr">Süren doldu &quot;T A M A M&quot;</p>&mdash; melike k. (@melikekkrtk) <a href="https://twitter.com/melikekkrtk/status/993870142776934401?ref_src=twsrc^tfw">May 8, 2018</a></blockquote>
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However, Erdogan's supporters leapt to his defence.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">How many of us are ‘good’... it’s called ‘fate’. Erdogan leads Turkish people better than the others. He knows their style the best. These people are Muslim and Middle Eastern. Ataturk did the best. And someone were good after his best. But +</p>&mdash; Beyza (@haticebeyzakar) <a href="https://twitter.com/haticebeyzakar/status/993833454688178177?ref_src=twsrc^tfw">May 8, 2018</a></blockquote>
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"It's not enough. We are with Erdogan until the end," said one.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="tr" dir="ltr">T A M A M   -   D E Ğ İ L <br><br>S O N U N A  K A D A R<br><br> D    E    V    A    M <a href="https://t.co/mikHqOkjk2">pic.twitter.com/mikHqOkjk2</a></p>&mdash; Erdoğan Gönüllüleri (@Erdoganr54) <a href="https://twitter.com/Erdoganr54/status/993817760789598208?ref_src=twsrc^tfw">May 8, 2018</a></blockquote>
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A year ago Erdogan won a referendum to strengthen the position of the presidency, gaining more than 24 million votes.

SOURCE: euronews
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