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Erdogan Enters Turkish Elections with More Power but Less Support - The Washington Institute for Near East Policy

Erdogan Enters Turkish Elections with More Power but Less Support

Soner Cagaptay

Axios

June 20, 2018

The president will probably become even more authoritarian in the coming months, knowing that a majority of citizens would vote him out in a fair election.

Opinion polls suggest a tight race in Sunday’s Turkish elections, when President Recep Tayyip Erdogan faces off against two opposition candidates. The winner will enter office with new presidential powers, granted by an April 2017 referendum.

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