Europe’s stake in Turkey’s elections
By Dimitar Bechev
BY TURKEY’S standards of high drama and bombast, the presidential elections due August 10 and 24 come across as a rather dull affair. However, one thing we can be pretty certain about is that the incoming head of state who will be chosen directly for the first time will be Tayyip Erdoǧan. What’s still unclear is whether he wins outright or has to go forward to the second round on August 24. Either way, once Erdoǧan sets foot in Ankara’s Çankaya Palace, the questions will start piling up. Here are the main ones:
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