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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