26 June 2018 (AFR) – Erdogan emerges all-powerful after Turkish election victory

(26 June 2018, AFR, p36, by Carlotta Gall)

‘​Turkish voters gave President Recep Tayyip Erdogan a decisive victory in national elections Sunday, lengthening his 15-year grip on power and granting him vastly expanded authority over the legislature and judiciary. The election was the first to be held since Turkish voters narrowly approved a referendum last year to give the president – once a largely ceremonial role – sweeping executive powers. Erdogan will also have a pliant Parliament, with his conservative party and its allies having won about 53 per cent of the vote in legislative elections Sunday.’

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