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May 30, 2023 45 min

Why did Erdoğan win?

from The LRB Podcast Hosted by The London Review of Books

Following the Turkish president’s success in the run-off election on Sunday, Izzy Finkel and Tom Stevenson join Tom to discuss whether Erdoğan’s victory was ever in doubt, why the recent devastating earthquakes and economic turmoil seem to have had so little impact on his support, the challenges faced by the opposition, and the growing importance of xenophobia in Turkey’s politics. Find further reading, and listen ad-free, on the LRB website: lrb.me/erdoganpod Sign up to the LRB's Close Readings podcast here: lrb.me/closereadingspod

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