![]() To judge from the polls, it really does look as if Turkish voters may end the A.K.P.’s 21-year conservative and authoritarian reign. Erdogan’s party was seen as the only clean and competent option. Back then, once the disaster exposed the bankruptcy of the mainstream parties, Mr. Ironically, it was another earthquake, in 1999, that helped bring the A.K.P. The earthquake that devastated the country in February, causing more than 50,000 deaths and untold damage, appears to be the last straw. ![]() ![]() Erdogan’s autocratic stewardship is on the rise. Poverty has been intensifying, including among the A.K.P.’s own base, and disquiet with Mr. ![]() The economy, after the lira spiraled downward in 2018 and none of the government’s haphazard policies could put it back on track, is in shambles. Despite the many difficulties of the past two decades, never have so many factors lined up against President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his Justice and Development Party, or A.K.P. The Turkish opposition has never been as hopeful as it is today. ![]()
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