In Sunday's elections Turkey’s ruling party lost its footing, and economic woes abound. But President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is still firmly in control. Our Turkey correspondent p_zalewski explains, in “The Intelligence”
TURKEY’S RULING AK party made historic losses in local elections at the weekend. Voters, it seems, are fed up with President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s economic mismanagement, but his party remains firmly in control.
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