Kemal Kilesh Taro'lou leads the secular Republican People's Party or CHP. He is partnering up with an Islamist party which involves some members who were once in Erdogan's movement. I think it's fair to say he's trying to put together a very inclusive platform hoping to appeal to as many Turks as possible.
After 21 years of leading Turkey, Recep Tayyip Erdogan is a global political giant. But a crumbling Turkish economy and the opposition candidate pose the biggest threat to his power in years.
This episode was produced by Haleema Shah, edited by Amina Al-Sadi, fact-checked by Laura Bullard, engineered by Patrick Boyd and Michael Raphael, and hosted by Noel King.
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