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How Erdogan Made Turkey’s Next Election Like No Other: QuickTake - The Washington Post

How Erdogan Made Turkey’s Next Election Like No Other: QuickTake
by Selcan Hacaoglu | Bloomberg May 2 at 12:00 AM

The most pivotal election in modern Turkish history will mark the abolition of the prime minister’s role and the coronation of Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s presidential office as the nexus of political power. The early poll on June 24 will cap Erdogan’s years-long drive to overturn almost a century of parliamentary rule. Now the question is: Can any opposition candidate wage a credible challenge to Erdogan?

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