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Op-ed | 40+1 and MHP: Erdoğan's path to a third term?
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Op-ed | 40+1 and MHP: Erdoğan's path to a third term?

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May 21, 2024
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Bahçeli and Erdoğan pictured at the Presidential Complex in 2021. © MHP

Although the Justice and Development Party (AKP) experienced its first major defeat in 22 years with the March 31 elections, various signs indicate Pres. Recep Tayyip Erdoğan is determined to seek another term.

But since Turkey’s constitution prohibits this, his candidacy will require…

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Assoc. Prof. Neslihan Çevik
Political consultant, ex-politician: former spokesperson for the Democrat Party and Deputy Chair of the Future Party. Associate Professor of Sociology, author of "Muslimism in Turkey and Beyond" (2015). Founder of TR-Navigator.com.
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