U.S. democracy game for elites: Turkish scholar

STORY: U.S. democracy game for elites: Turkish scholar DATELINE: March 30, 2023 LENGTH: 0:01:43 LOCATION: ISTANBUL, Türkiye CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of the U.S. 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Turkish): BARIS DOSTER, Academic at the Istanbul-based Marmara University 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Turkish): BARIS DOSTER, Academic at the Istanbul-based Marmara University STORYLINE: A Turkish scholar has said that U.S. democracy is nothing more than a game for the elites and only serves the interests of the few. Baris Doster with the Istanbul-based Marmara University said that in the U.S., the people are denied the power to participate in national governance. After elections, public power is hijacked by a few while the people's needs are ignored. SOUNDBITE 1 (Turkish): BARIS DOSTER, Academic at the Istanbul-based Marmara University "A democracy that organizes its citizens to the polls only once every four years, from election to election, and never asks about their problems, and does not involve them in the solution proce