Outcomes of the General Election in Turkey with Cihan Tuğal

On May 28th, Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan was re-elected for a third term by winning 52% of the popular vote- His main rival Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu garnered 48%. Two weeks earlier, the right wing Islamist-Nationalist coalition consisting of Erdogan’s ruling Justice and Development party (AKP) and its allies had won the majority in the parliamentary election. Shahram Aghamir spoke with Professor Cihan Tuğal about these outcomes and how and why Erdogan was able to secure a third term in office despite a worsening economy and now chronic hyperinflation, the government's disastrous response to the deadly earthquakes, as well as his increasingly authoritarian rule. Courtesy of Voices of the Middle East & North Africa (VOMENA).