Will Turkey’s president accept the country’s election results?
In Turkey’s March 31 local elections, the opposition parties — particularly the center-left Republican People’s Party CHP and the informal alliance it formed with a newly founded right-wing party IYI (Good Party) — won the country’s trendsetting megapolises, including Ankara and Istanbul, even though the results are still unofficial.
The opposition’s electoral advances present President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his Justice and Development Party AKP with yet another opportunity to set Turkey on a different and better path by sharing, rather than monopolizing, power. If they choose this path by respecting the electorate’s decision, recognizing the new political reality and honoring Turkey’s democratic traditions, this could start a process of depolarizing society and then restoring and reforming democracy and rule of law.… Seguir leyendo »