The summer lull is almost over

TURKEY - Report 23 Aug 2023 by Murat Ucer and Atilla Yesilada

With 7 months left until crucial municipal elections, the opposition is comatose, but AKP is still not guaranteed to reclaim big cities from CHP, thanks to rising economic frustration and the genuine popularity of some CHP candidates.

President Erdogan’s larger dilemmas are all abroad. The ever-broadening Ukraine conflict forces him to increase aid to Ukraine to curry favor with NATO and the EU, until he feels the sting of Putin.

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