Is it the same Erdoğan for Europe?
Turkish President Erdoğan’s short tour of Europe seems be serving two main purposes.
One is to attract more votes for the Justice and Development Party (AK Parti) for the Nov. 1 re-election in Turkey. Erdoğan’s constitutional non-partisan status does not let him campaign openly, so he does it in the form of “standing against terrorism” rallies, (like the one in Strasbourg on Oct. 4), and asking Turks in Europe to vote for “stability” - hinting at his AK Parti, which first came to power in 2002.
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