Opinion: Erdoğan’s Succession Crisis
The most recent meeting of the Central Executive Committee of the Justice and Development Party (AKP) seemed to confirm the idea that the party is not overly keen on seeing President Abdullah Gül extend his term in office, which is set to end this summer. Gül himself has stated, on more than one occasion, that the results of Turkey’s next presidential election are far from decided and are not in any single figure’s hands.
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