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Edgar Şar

Edgar Şar is currently a doctoral researcher in Political Science at Boğaziçi University, Istanbul. He is currently a contributor at Medyascope.tv, and co-founder of the İstanbul Political Research Institute (İstanPol). Follow him on Twitter at @edgarsar91

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Cliffhanger: Could Turkey's Authoritarian President Erdogan Actually Lose June Snap Elections?

Cliffhanger: Could Turkey’s Authoritarian President Erdogan Actually Lose June Snap Elections?

Edgar Şar

Istanbul (OpenDemocracy) – The rise of authoritarianism in Turkey has gone hand in hand with a de-institutionalization, in favour of what many call the “one man regime”. How long can that last? On Sunday, May 20, 2018, Turkey’s president Recep Tayyip Erdogan arrived in the Bosnian capital to address supporters living in Europe, ahead of […]

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