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gulftoday.ae | Michael Jansen: Erdogan won’t cave in easily

Michael Jansen: Erdogan won’t cave in easily

June 18, 2018

On June 24th, Turks go to the polls to elect both president and parliament under a new system of governance which has granted the executive branch wide powers over the legislature and judiciary. Incumbent Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who has ruled for 15 years, designed the new arrangement for himself but is under greater challenge than ever before by an opposition reinvigorated by repression and mismanagement.

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