Is there still a functional democracy left in Turkey? It seems difficult to believe after Recep Tayyip Erdogan set himself up to be able to be President for Life back in 2010. But they have an election tomorrow and the latest polling shows Erdogan trailing his chief opponent, Kemal Kilicdaroglu, by more than five points. Also, another of Erdogan’s rivals, Muharrem Ince, dropped out of the race yesterday. He was only polling at 2.2%, but his followers are expected to switch to Kilicdaroglu and that might be enough to put the challenger over the top. Turkish presidential elections require the winner to take more than 50% of the vote to avoid a runoff. The real question here is whether or not Erdogan would actually step aside if he lost. (Nikkei)Read More
Could Erdogan lose tomorrow?
