In Turkey, cautious optimism that tough election could be good for press freedom - Committee to Protect Journalists

In Turkey, cautious optimism that tough election could be good for press freedom By Özgür Öğret on May 10, 2023 4:57 PM EDT Turkey’s powerful Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and his Justice and Development Party (AKP) are facing one of the toughest challenges of their two decades in office. Polls ahead of the country’s May 14 presidential and parliamentary elections suggest that the president and his long-ruling party could lose to the opposition coalition of Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu, leader of the Republican People’s Party (CHP). More:In Turkey, cautious optimism that tough election could be good for press freedom - Committee to Protect Journalists