Kemal Kili-Sarolu has been on the political scene for a long time. It's not his first rodeo in terms of trying to unseat Erdogan and he has not been particularly successful in the past but it's interesting the way that he has really grown into this election campaign. On the one side you have Erdogan who has a very familiar message and vision. He presents himself as this very active, forceful leader of the nation. And when he goes on the campaign trail he always talks about these big projects that he's done.
Turkey’s president Recep Tayyip Erdogan has been in power for two decades. But he now faces a challenge in the country’s May 14 elections from a candidate representing a coalition of opposition parties. Bloomberg journalists Beril Akman, Marc Champion and Sylvia Westall join this episode to talk about why this election matters not just for Turkey’s domestic future–but for the important role the nation plays on the world stage.
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