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Turkey's Election Appears to Be All About Erdogan

Turkey's Election Appears to Be All About Erdogan

Jamie Dettmer

August 26, 2015 10:59 AM
ISTANBUL—

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s name won’t appear on any of the ballot papers Turks will be presented with on November 1 but no one here doubts that the parliamentary elections — the second this year — will be dominated by Turkey’s controversial leader and his often-stated aim to grab more power for himself.

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