Erdoğan’s Victory and Turkey’s Future - Foreign Policy Research Institute

A Nation Must Think Before it Acts Erdoğan’s Victory and Turkey’s FutureShare: Editor’s Note: FPRI is publishing a collection of essays analyzing Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s victory in the Turkish presidential election in May 2023. The articles examine the Kurdish role in the election and the extent to which anti-refugee rhetoric was normalized in the campaign. In addition, our authors delve into the future of Turkey’s Syria policy, Erdoğan’s command of the Turkish state, and what could happen after Erdoğan is (eventually) no longer in power.   On May 28, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan won re-election, the second such time he has defended himself for that office, the first since the presidency was granted immense new powers in 2017, and, for the first time, he succeeded in a runoff vote against an opposition that at once seemed more organized than ever and fatally flawed from the start. More:Erdoğan’s Victory and Turkey’s Future - Foreign Policy Research Institute