Erdogan’s election victory | Quadriga

It was not exactly what the pollsters had predicted. A clear victory for Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, whose AK party won an absolute majority in parliament. Will the president now tighten still further his control over Turkish politics?

Guests:
- Dilek Kurban is a research fellow at the Hertie School of Governance in Berlin.

- Judy Dempsey was a long-time columnist for the International Herald Tribune and is now a Senior associate at Carnegie Europe and the editor-in-chief of Strategic Europe.

- Alan Posener is a political author at the German daily Die Welt.

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