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Monday, April 07, 2014

Erdogan has used antagonism to stay in power | Opinion , Commentary | THE DAILY STAR

Erdogan has used antagonism to stay in power
April 07, 2014 12:18 AM
By Sinan Ulgen

Turkey’s beleaguered Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his Justice and Development Party (AK Party) have emerged victorious from last week’s local elections. Still, the AK Party’s triumph is unlikely to ameliorate the country’s internal conflicts, much less revive its tarnished world standing. The local elections were widely seen as a referendum on Erdogan. The AK Party received 44 percent of the national vote and now controls 49 of Turkey’s 81 metropolitan municipalities, including Istanbul and Ankara. The main opposition force, the center-left Republican People’s Party (CHP), received 26 percent and won only 13 municipalities.

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