Analysis Erdogan Made the Local Elections All About Himself. It Backfired
His party may have won, but the Turkish president took two very personal hits
Zvi Bar'el
Apr 01, 2019 10:43 PM
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s Justice and Development Party won Sunday’s local elections in Turkey, but Erdogan lost. That’s the paradox in which the president placed himself when he said that these elections polls were a vote of confidence in him and in his policies, and would shape Turkey’s future.
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