The current state of affairs in Turkey is truly awful. Is there really any hope that this candidate will be able to challenge Erdogan’s rule when Erdogan is already effectively a dictator?
The current state of affairs in Turkey is truly awful. Is there really any hope that this candidate will be able to challenge Erdogan’s rule when Erdogan is already effectively a dictator?
This guy isn't the main opposition to Ergodan, Muharrem İnce is - and he's posing a pretty strong threat to the incumbent. Yes, Ergodan is extremely authoritarian, but he could nonetheless be...
This guy isn't the main opposition to Ergodan, Muharrem İnce is - and he's posing a pretty strong threat to the incumbent. Yes, Ergodan is extremely authoritarian, but he could nonetheless be toppled by democratic means.
Yeah, I tried to reword this article's title slightly to make it more clear that the jailed candidate the article focuses on is not a serious contender for the presidency (for one thing, he's...
Yeah, I tried to reword this article's title slightly to make it more clear that the jailed candidate the article focuses on is not a serious contender for the presidency (for one thing, he's kurdish). For him the best path forward is to earn enough votes to cross a threshold that gives his party representation in Parliament, and would importantly potentially deny Erdogan's party a majority caucus.
The current state of affairs in Turkey is truly awful. Is there really any hope that this candidate will be able to challenge Erdogan’s rule when Erdogan is already effectively a dictator?
This guy isn't the main opposition to Ergodan, Muharrem İnce is - and he's posing a pretty strong threat to the incumbent. Yes, Ergodan is extremely authoritarian, but he could nonetheless be toppled by democratic means.
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Yeah, I tried to reword this article's title slightly to make it more clear that the jailed candidate the article focuses on is not a serious contender for the presidency (for one thing, he's kurdish). For him the best path forward is to earn enough votes to cross a threshold that gives his party representation in Parliament, and would importantly potentially deny Erdogan's party a majority caucus.