What will Erdogan do if he loses Turkey’s elections?

Published April 17, 2023 10:00am ET




Turkey’s elections are less than a month away. Polls vary, but many show President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who has dominated the country for two decades, losing. The chances that Erdogan will step down, however, are between zero and none. Erdogan sees himself, quite literally, as on a mission from God. “I am the servant of the sharia [Islamic law],” he once explained. The power has gone to his head, and ideology has warped it. The idea that ordinary people whom he sees as beneath him might oust him in a democratic election is unfathomable.

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