One man rule: What Erdoğan’s re-election means for Turkey’s political system and foreign policy
SWP Podcast 2023/eP 02, 02.06.2023 Research AreasTurkey’s President Erdoğan is entering his third decade in power after winning a tightly contested run-off election. Hürcan Aslı Aksoy and Salim Çevik discuss how he managed to secure a third term, why the opposition failed to unseat the president and what the election results mean for Ankara’s relations with NATO allies, the EU and Germany.
Dr. Hürcan Aslı Aksoy is 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 fellow 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.Host: Esme Nicholson