Erdoğan Calls Early Election Ahead of Tight Leadership Challenge
In spite of his rising unpopularity, will forcing a disunited opposition to an early election be enough to allow Erdoğan to return to office?
In spite of his rising unpopularity, will forcing a disunited opposition to an early election be enough to allow Erdoğan to return to office?
Calling the attack “cowardly,” Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan vowed that “the culprits will be unmasked” and “punished as they deserve.”
The Swedish ambassador explained to the Turkish government that “there is freedom of speech in Sweden,” but the satirical segment by the Kurdish comedian has had diplomatic repercussions.
Erdoğan either has the best of intentions for Turkey or is simply in love with power. The fact that he has altered the presidential voting system and extended his term of office in the process suggest the latter.
Turkey’s membership would grant it additional leverage against the West as well as bolster its economy through ties with Eurasian countries. Currently, Ankara is mired in efforts to bring down its inflation numbers ahead of next year’s elections.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky received Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres in Lviv for talks on nuclear safety and grain exports.
The two countries had recalled their ambassadors in 2018, after Israeli forces killed several Palestinians protesting against the U.S. moving its embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem.
Earlier this month, Ukraine and Russia hurled accusations at each other over the nuclear facility and its surrounding area’s shelling, causing global concern over a nuclear catastrophe taking place.
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