Woman Seeks to Shake Up Turkish Politics and Erdogan's Plans
Dorian Jones
May 31, 2016 3:28 PM
ISTANBUL—
On her tour of Turkey's Black Sea region, Meral Aksener is drawing large crowds eager to hear her message of revitalizing her Nationalist Action Party, or MHP. The region is a bastion of Turkish nationalism and was once an MHP stronghold; however, in recent elections, the nationalist party has seen its vote cannibalized by President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's ruling AKP.
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