Re-elected president commits to economic unorthodoxy and culture wars suggesting further trouble ahead
“This result will tempt Erdoğan to say he can stay the course,” said Soner Cagaptay, a biographer of the Turkish leader and an analyst at the US thinktank the Washington Institute for Near East Policy.
Can Semercioğlu of the factchecking organisation Teyit said: “There was a huge amount of disinformation deployed before the elections. It seems we will keep seeing this disinformation across television and social media.” The election result, including a win for Erdoğan in regions affected by the earthquakes, suggested that among the electorate he had risen above criticisms often directed at his Justice and Development party even if the conditions causing objections to his rule remained.
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