Party Victory in Turkey Bolsters Erdogan’s Pursuit of Power
ISTANBUL-Speaking to a crowd of supporters in August at his hometown, the Black Sea coastal city of Rize, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, licking his wounds from a drubbing in June elections that saw his party lose its majority in Parliament, was emphatic that he was still in charge, despite the constitutional limits on the powers of his office.
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