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Why did Erdoğan win?

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The Symbolism of the Conquest of Istanbul

In some ways Erdogan tries and present himself as a very much not not the heir to Ataturk but sort of going back to an older idea of an Ottoman Turkey. Is there a appeal to a sort of an idea of Ottoman plurality and tolerance in because doesn't he want it? I think neo-automanism has been jettisoned as a rhetorical framework lately with the right would lurch that Dom has spoken so eloquently about.

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