Erdoğan Manages to Secure His Presidency by Playing Dirty - Modern Diplomacy

Erdoğan Manages to Secure His Presidency by Playing DirtyPublished 16 hours ago on August 18, 2023By T-Fai Yeung In May, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan secured victory in the second round of Turkey’s presidential election by obtaining approximately 52% of the total votes. In fact, Erdoğan had become the favorite candidate after release of the first-round election results, going against many earlier predictions that opposition candidate Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu would win—a prediction that some cautious observers warned was over-optimistic. Although recent Turkish presidential elections have been unfair towards the opposition, many polls suggesting that Erdogan faced defeat still had him receiving more than 40% support. As such, it is worth examining the reasons behind this. More:Erdoğan Manages to Secure His Presidency by Playing Dirty - Modern Diplomacy