After the AKP Victory in Turkey: Elective Dictatorship?
By contributors | Nov. 11, 2015 |
T. Deniz Erkmen
The results of November 1st snap elections in Turkey were a surprise; not just for the left or liberal opposition who were hoping for a decrease in AKP (governing center-right Justice and Development Party) vote share, not just for the pollsters almost all of whom failed to predict the election results, but apparently also for the party itself. (The exception was A&G Research, which came the closest with 47% for AKP). That AKP increased its vote share by almost 9 percentage points to 49.5% of the vote in the span of 5 months, thus enabling it once more to form a government comfortably by itself, was unexpected to say the least.
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