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Inside Europe: Could Erdogan's snap elections backfire?

Dorian Jones
May 18, 2018

When Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan called early presidential and general elections for the end of June it appeared to wrong-foot the opposition. Most predicted an easy victory for Erdogan’s ruling AK Party. But Turkey’s fragmented opposition has seized the moment, achieving a rare unity and selecting strong candidates. Dorian Jones reports from Istanbul.

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