Ardon is this fiery charismatic strongman and he has really flexed Turkey's muscles as this regional power. Raising really ambitions to become a global player now that we're seeing him placing Turkey as a media in the Russia's war on Ukraine. He's raised Turkey to the global stage and really has been ambitious in foreign policy. His waters traditionally have been the religious conservative base when Ardon first came into power.
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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