Turkish left’s most pressing problem: the Kurds
Every alliance has an objective. In Turkey’s presidential elections last week, the odd alliance between the Republican People’s Party (CHP), which describes itself as center-right, and the Nationalist Action Party (MHP), which represents Turkish nationalism, was aimed at stopping Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s ascent to the country’s top post. The two opposition parties were defeated — again.
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