Ethnic and Religious Factors Loom in Turkey's Presidential Election

Whether the vote requires one or two rounds, Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan is on course to become Turkey's first directly elected president. In the lead-up to the Aug. 10 vote, Erdogan led a campaign loaded with ethnic and religious zeal, underscoring his intent to break the republic out of a Turkish nationalist straitjacket — and exposing the many fault lines that come with the process.