"Turkish elections: Erdogan wins a historic victory
Tulin Daloglu analyses the results of the Turkish election and the strategies that Prime Minister Erdogan might use in order to keep his position intact.
It came as no surprise: On June 12th, Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayip Erdogan won a third consecutive term in the election. While Erdogan has argued in the past that secularists in the military, judiciary and other state bureaucracies denied him full power to govern the country, he can no longer make that claim. After AKP’s two term in office – today - there is no military that would attempt a coup, or a judiciary that would challenge him. Erdogan’s victory is the most decisive in his nine years in power. With Erdogan claiming to have the support of one out of every two registered voters, he begins this term feeling overconfident. That means two things: No matter what olive branches he extends in his victory speech, Erdogan will not want to compromise with the opposition. And he won’t change his stance on Israel. He is, however, likely to get tougher against Syrian President Bashar Assad’s assault on Syrians as he attempts to maintain his reputation on the Arab street. Furthermore, Erdogan will continue to receive the support of the Western alliance regardless of some disagreements on key issues."
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