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Reuters
Reuters
Politics
By Birsen Altayli and Canan Sevgili

First-time voters weigh what they've never known - Turkey without Erdogan

Students walk at their campus during a graduation ceremony at Bogazici Universit,y in Istanbul, Turkey July 4, 2022. REUTERS/Dilara Senkaya

Six million first-time voters are set to effectively decide whether to extend President Tayyip Erdogan's rule into a third decade or to opt for something they have never known - Turkey under a different leader.

Less than 12 months away from perhaps the biggest election in the country's modern history, a big majority of young Turks say they want change but remain somewhat skeptical that the opposition can properly improve the job situation, schools and freedoms like free speech.

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