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Turkish Voters Upset Erdoǧan’s Competitive Authoritarianism | MERIP

Turkish Voters Upset Erdoǧan’s Competitive Authoritarianism

Nabil Al-Tikriti 04.22.2019

Turkish voters sent a strong message to its long-standing ruling party and its leader on March 31, 2019 that the government’s authoritarian turn has not fully succeeded. In nationwide municipal elections, for the first time in a quarter century, the political movement largely associated with Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdoǧan lost control over both the country’s economic and political capitals, as well as numerous other districts throughout the country.

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