Elections in Türkiye will be underway on May the 14: what are Issues?
Turkey’s elections are to be under way in May the 14 and expected to draw millions.1 Due to a declining economy and a major earth quake earlier this year, this election is said to be Turkish President Recip Tayip Erdogan’s biggest test after 20 years in power.2 According to Turkey’s constitution presidential and parliamentary elections are to be held on the same day, with the president being elected directly and the parliament being elected according to proportional representation according to a given area.3 Erdogan is stuck between a rock and a hard place, on the one hand with rising inflation due to the economy and his failure to press for better retrieval of those trapped in the rubble of the previous earthquake have left him unpopular.4 Meanwhile the opposition has seized the opportu...