What's at stake in Turkey's elections?

President Erdoğan "has been one of the symbols of democracy's global decline" and Turkey's upcoming elections will have consequences not only for Turkey, but the world, says Aslı Aydintaşbaş.  In the latest episode of The Current, Aydintaşbaş assesses how public opinion of Erdoğan has shifted after the recent devastating earthquake and why the political opposition has coalesced around Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu. 

Show notes and transcript: https://www.brookings.edu/podcast-episode/whats-at-stake-in-turkeys-elections 

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