Erdogan, Turkey’s New Sultan? – Analysis
August 14, 2014
By Elcano Royal Institute
By William Chislett
The victory of Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Turkey’s prime minister for the last 11 years and an increasingly authoritarian and polarising figure, in the first round of the country’sfirst presidential election by popular vote, marks a significant turning point in the political life of a nation that has been a sluggish EU candidate since October 2005.
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