Turkey Elections – Erdogan facing a moment of truth
Turkey is on tenterhooks with the prospect of two decades of Recep Erdogan as leader hanging in the balance. Prime Minister since 2003 and President since 2014, he faces dead-heat polls with his rival, secularist Kemal Kilicadaroglu which failing a clear winner could lead to second round on May 28th. Should the opposition win, it intends to return Turkey to the parliamentary system that was scrapped by Erdogan in favour of an executive presidency; and hand control of fiscal policy back to
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