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Erdogan Prepares for a Win in Turkey's Elections
Jun 8, 2018 | 12:39 GMT
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Highlights
- A change in electoral law to count a vote for any party in an alliance as a vote for the entire alliance will give the newly formed opposition coalition in Turkey a better chance of defeating incumbent President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in the upcoming elections.
- Recent projections suggest that Erdogan will fall short of the simple majority he needs to win the election in the first round of voting, meaning he could wind up in a runoff.
- The president and his Justice and Development Party, however, will pull out all the stops to ensure their victory in the June 24 vote, including voter intimidation and fraud.
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