Even Chances: Defining Presidential and Parliamentary Elections in Turkey

Source:al Jazeera center for studies Date:23Mar2023

If Erdogan and the AKP lose the election, the old class will return to power in a spirit of vengeance, armed with the legal and coercive tools of the state, which even Kilicdaroglu and his allies may be unable to restrain. If the People’s Alliance is victorious, it will have five full years to groom capable heirs who can preserve the gains made by the conservative Turkish majority in the past two decades and faithfully follow in the AKP’s footsteps.

Editor’s Comment:  Don’t agree with most of the points made in the analysis, but diversity is the Mother of free press