On May 14, Turkish voters head to the polls. President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is running for reelection. Six opposition parties have united to compete against him. Hürcan Asli Aksoy and Salim Çevik are taking a look at the candidates, the prospect of political change and how the results could impact relations between Turkey and the EU.
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Dr. Hürcan Asli Aksoy is deputy head of the Center of Applied Turkey Studies CATS. Her expertise includes Turkish domestic politics, democratization and autocratization processes in Turkey, Turkey’s foreign policy in the Middle East and Africa and women and politics in Turkey.
Dr. Salim Çevik is a research associate and also based at SWP’s Center of Applied Turkey Studies. He focuses on domestic Turkish politics, populism, nationalism, political Islam, state and religion and Turkey in the Middle East and Africa.
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