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ANALYSIS-Turkey's Erdogan, master campaigner, faces toughest contest yet

For more than two decades, President Tayyip Erdogan has been the lord of all elections in Turkey.

Reuters · May 11, 2023

Tempest in a teashop: Turks bitterly divided in Erdogan stronghold ahead of presidential vote

In the southeastern Turkish city of Gaziantep, a stronghold of the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP), some voters are ardent supporters of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Others, however, can be just as ferocious in their opposition. With the May 14 first round of the presidential election fast approaching, politics…

France 24 · May 9, 2023

Explainer-What's at stake in Turkey's landmark elections?

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan faces his toughest political challenge yet when the nation votes on Sunday, with the opposition sensing its best chance yet of ending his two decades in power and reversing his policies.

Reuters · May 8, 2023

Will Turkey’s inflation crisis damage Erdogan’s re-election chances?

A month before Turkey goes to the polls on May 14, the country’s inflation crisis is a major campaign theme as the six main opposition parties rally around Kemal Kilicdaroglu to create the strongest challenge yet to President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. But analysts say discontent with Erdogan’s economic management will…

France 24 · Apr 16, 2023

What's at stake in Turkey's upcoming elections?

President Tayyip Erdogan faces the biggest test of his 20-year rule in May elections that will decide not only who leads Turkey but how it is governed, where its economy is headed and what role it may play to ease conflict in Ukraine and the Middle East.

Reuters · Mar 22, 2023

Türkiye's Opposition Leader Looks to Emerge from Erdogan’s Shadow

Stuck in Recep Tayyip Erdogan's shadow throughout his career, Turkish opposition leader Kemal Kilicdaroglu believes his time may have come after suffering repeated election defeats and scorn from the man who has dominated politics for two decades. An opposition alliance on Monday named Kilicdaroglu, chairman of the Republican People's Party…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Mar 7, 2023

Turkey’s Disaster—and Erdogan’s

How the earthquake could spell the end of his rule.

Foreign Affairs · Mar 1, 2023

What’s at Stake in Türkiye’s Upcoming Elections?

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is aiming to extend his 20-year rule in elections that will decide not just who leads Türkiye but how it is governed, where its economy is headed and what role it may play to ease conflict in Ukraine and the Middle East. The presidential and parliamentary…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Jan 18, 2023

Explainer-What's at stake in Turkey's upcoming elections

President Tayyip Erdogan is aiming to extend his 20-year rule in elections that will decide not just who leads Turkey but how it is governed, where its economy is headed and what role it may play to ease conflict in Ukraine and the Middle East.

Reuters · Jan 18, 2023

Seven US Betrayals of Kurds within a Century… Will It Fail Them Again in Syria?

If the reaction to Turkish incursions or continued aerial bombardment against Kurdish targets in northern Syria does not meet Kurdish expectations and demands, it wouldn’t be the first time Kurds are betrayed by the US or the West. In the past century, the global and regional balance of power has…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Nov 30, 2022