Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has a mandate to rule until 2028, securing five more years as leader of a country at the crossroads of Europe and Asia that plays a key role in NATO. He must now confront skyrocketing inflation that has fueled a cost-of-living crisis and rebuild in the aftermath of a devastating earthquake that killed more than 50,000 people.
is now serving his second term as president under the executive presidency. He could run again for another term if parliament - where his ruling party and allies hold a majority — calls early elections. The number of terms was a point of contention ahead of the elections when critics arguedwould be ineligible to run again since he had also held the office before the system change but he pointed to the constitutional amendments that brought in the executive presidency as justification.
The first half of Erdogan’s tenure included reforms allowing the country to begin talks to join the European Union, as well as economic growth that lifted many out of poverty. But he later moved to suppress freedoms and the media and concentrated more power in his own hands, especially after a failed coup attempt that
says was orchestrated by the U.S.-based Islamic cleric Fethullah Gulen. The cleric denies involvement.
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