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Which course for Turkey? Mass protests defy Erdogan's 22-year grip on power
Edité par France 24
For now, the mayor of Istanbul's centre-left CHP party is calling for weekly Wednesday rallies and consumer boycotts to keep up the pressure, this despite a widening crackdown. What makes this movement different to all the others that have tried and failed to unseat a leader of 22 years, who despite inflation and incumbent fatigue retains a solid base?
Going forward, is time on Recep Tayyip Erdogan's side? The Turkish president needs early elections if he's to change the constitution and lift term limits before 2028. And in a nation where judges and civil servants seem to fall in line when needed, elections remain the one process that Erdogan can't seem to control.
Produced by Rebecca Gnignati, Elisa Amiri, Ilayda Habip.
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There was a sea of humanity out in the streets last Saturday to protest the jailing of Turkey's popular presidential contender Ekrem Imamoglu, but now the country's on a week-long post-Ramadan break. Will it be long enough to dull the momentum of Turkey's biggest mass movement in more than a decade?
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- Aslı Aydıntaşbaş Visiting Fellow at Brookings Institution
Volkan ASLAN Assistant Professor of Constitutional Law, Istanbul University and Koç University
Ilter TURAN Professor Emeritus of International Relations, Istanbul Bilgi University
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