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Washington Is Watching Turkey’s Election—So Is Moscow

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Erdogan's Discontent With the Government's Response to the Devastating Earthquakes

In Syria 7.8 magnitude quake hit early this morning toppling buildings and triggering a search for survivors. Mark another big issue in this race is something that Beryl mentioned earlier which is discontent about the government's response after the devastating earthquakes earlier this year. Yes this is a particular problem for Erdogan. In many ways this election if you go back to when Erdogan and his party first came to power the AKP back then is 20 years ago now but what they really pitched themselves as was a straight shooting relatively honest party, he says.

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