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bne IntelliNews - Turkish Elections: Expect the unexpected

Turkish Elections: Expect the unexpected

By Timothy Ash June 21, 2018

Turkey heads to the polls this Sunday, June 24, for joint parliamentary and presidential elections, with a run-off vote for the presidency pencilled in for July 8, assuming no single candidate secures the required 50%-plus-one-vote victory in the first-round contest. Against this context, I thought it useful to provide a few of my thoughts on these elections—having now had a 20-year long tour of duty covering Turkey.

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