ISTANBUL— Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who has emerged as his country’s most dominant leader since the republic’s secular founder, Mustafa Kemal Ataturk nearly a century ago, isn’t on the ballot in next week’s elections, but his political future will be at stake.
Standing in his path is a pro-Kurdish party vying to enter parliament and weaken the president’s Justice and Development Party (AKP), which has dominated Ankara’s politics since 2002.
Standing in his path is a pro-Kurdish party vying to enter parliament and weaken the president’s Justice and Development Party (AKP), which has dominated Ankara’s politics since 2002.