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Washington Is Watching Turkey’s Election—So Is Moscow

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Turkey's Election Is a Pivotal Moment for Democracy

Beryl Ackman, Sylvia Westall and Marc Champion are following events in Turkey. It is a very pivotal election for everyone across the nation because on one hand we have one person in power right now who's been in power for two decades has ruled the country. On the other hand we have an opposition that is unified for the first time made up of six parties across the political spectrum from both right and left-wing parties. They're criticizing Erdogan for diminishing human rights, cracking down on dissidents, really cracking down on the opposition and centralizing power around himself.

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