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Tuesday, June 19, 2018

Turkey’s Recep Tayyip Erdogan reaches for one-man rule | Financial Times

Turkey’s Recep Tayyip Erdogan reaches for one-man rule

Opposition leaders strive to deny him control of the legislature in Sunday’s election

DAVID GARDNER

Recep Tayyip Erdogan is this week within tantalising reach of his holy grail: one-man rule legitimised by elections, after he narrowly won last year’s referendum to replace Turkey’s parliamentary system with a Russian-style presidency.

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