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5 More Years of Erdogan (with Alex MacDonald)
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5 More Years of Erdogan (with Alex MacDonald)

Alex MacDonald speaks with me about Turkey's recent presidential election.
Séamus Malekafzali
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Alex Jay Macdonald
May 30, 2023
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President Erdogan at a campaign event in Kahramanmaraş. Source:Orhan Erkılıç

I spoke with Alex MacDonald, a writer at Middle East Eye, about the Turkish election that finished this past Sunday.

We discussed President Erdogan’s seemingly ironclad voter base, the failed strategies of the opposition, Erdogan’s homophobic campaign rhetoric, the anti-refugee …

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