His defeat would have been welcomed as a sign of things to come, the humbling of one populist strongman with others perhaps to follow. A hard truth to swallow for his NATO allies who will have been hoping, albeitly privately, for change.Įrdogan's increasingly authoritarian rule, economic eccentricity and waywardness within NATO have all caused deepening alarm among allies. President Erdogan will have been Vladimir Putin's favourite in this election. Here our international affairs editor Dominic Waghorn explains why. While the result could change Turkey's future, it could also have a huge impact on the war in Ukraine. Turkey's current president, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, has been in power for two decades, and is going up against the opposition leader Kemal Kilicdaroglu. It might sound irrelevant to this blog, but over in Turkey people are heading to the polls to pick their president, and their choice is being closely watched around the world.
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