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Turkey's opposition unsure on embracing pro-Kurdish party
A call by Turkey's pro-Kurdish party for talks with an opposition alliance on supporting its joint candidate has caused unease among some nationalist elements of the union.
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Why is the pro-Kurdish HDP going it alone? / Ragip Soylu
Turkey’s pro-Kurdish People’s Democratic Party (HDP) announced on Saturday that it would be nominating its own presidential candidate for upcoming elections, shooting down the possibility of throwing its weight behind a joint opposition candidate.
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MetroPoll survey shows decline in ruling AKP’s electoral support
A survey conducted by the Ankara-based MetroPoll showed a decline in nationwide support for Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) in November, local media reported on Friday, citing a column by journalist Ismail Saymaz on the Halk TV news website.
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Turkey’s opposition greasing the wheels of another Erdogan victory
Turkey’s opposition bloc, known as the “Nation Alliance” is paving the way for President Recep Tayyip Erdogan by ensuring that Turkey’s autocratic transformation becomes institutionalized, Sinan Ciddi, non-resident senior fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies (FDD), wrote in the National Interest.