Erdoğan Not Assured of First-Round Victory
By John Halpin, Max Hoffman, Alan Makovsky, and Michael Werz Posted on June 14, 2018, .
In April, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan called for snap elections expecting to solidify his rule under new constitutional powers. Yet with less than two weeks to go until the June 24 vote, he does not have majority support from Turkish voters. Likewise, Erdoğan’s Justice and Development Party (AKP) and party allies remain short of majority control ahead of the parliamentary elections scheduled for the same day.
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