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Analysis: Turkish court raises stakes in search for a challenger to Erdogan | Reuters
Analysis: Turkish court raises stakes in search for a challenger to Erdogan
By Birsen Altayli, Ece Toksabay and Orhan Coskun
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ANKARA, Dec 15 (Reuters) - Six months from an election in which Turkey's opposition has its best shot at unseating President Tayyip Erdogan in 20 years, a jail sentence against one of its brightest hopes has raised the stakes in the struggle to agree a presidential challenger.
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