Ten days out from the world’s most important election this year, the contest between Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his main opposition candidate, Kemal Kilicdaroglu, is tight.
The polls suggest that all outcomes are possible: Erdogan could extend his rule into a third decade or lose the presidency and his People’s Alliance could retain or lose its parliamentary majority. But, tellingly, an air of desperation has crept into the campaign speeches of the president and senior figures of his AK Party. To distract voters
