Why did Erdoğan win?
The LRB Podcast
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The Problems With Turkey's Elections
The way in which the system favours Erdogan isn't about stuffing banner boxes, it's a more of a structural situation. One of the interesting quirks of the Turkish electoral process is the incredibly high number of ballot boxes per capita. The elderly Taze in a rural mountain village with no means of transport may not have to walk very far to cast her votes. It also means that when a ballot box corresponds to a knowable social group, social pressure is much easier to exercise.
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