Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has dominated Turkey for more than two decades. With the country in economic ruin and still recovering from February's devastating earthquake, whether the president will win another term is anyone's guess.
Türkiye will go to the polls on Sunday to pass judgement on President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.His popularity has declined due to Türkiye's ongoing economic crisis and his handling of the earthquake response.
But in 2023, the president and his Islamic-rooted Justice and Development Party are equally abhorred as adored.So who exactly is Mr Erdoğan, who supports him, and to what extent has the earthquake response ruined his election chances?Mr Erdoğan was raised in a poor, conservative Muslim family in Istanbul's working-class district of Kasimpasa.
The largest opposition is the centre-left Republican People’s Party , which was formed by the founder of Türkiye's secular republic Mustafa Kemal Ataturk and is led by Kemal Kilicdaroglu. As a result, inflation in the country has soared to around 80 per cent while unemployment has grown to over 10 per cent.
The political alignment of the millions who make up the Turkish diaspora — and who have already voted — is divided, Professor Yilmaz says.
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