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    Turkey’s superpowered President still has weaknesses

    by Ian Bremmer Jul 09, 2018 2 minutes
    Erdogan pictured on June 24 as initial results for the presidential and parliamentary elections came in

    NOW THAT RECEP TAYYIP ERDOGAN HAS been re-elected as President of Turkey, is the nation headed for “one-man rule,” as opposition candidate Muharrem Ince warned and international headlines suggest? Not so fast.

    Erdogan has dominated Turkish politics for 15 years. He became Prime Minister in 2003, until term limits led him to run for President in 2014. He won and then called for

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