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BBC: Turkey’s snap elections, explained

By BBC.
Supporters of the Turkish opposition 'Good Party' (IYI or IP), attend a speech by it's Presidential candidate and leader, the only female candiate in the upcoming elections, in Istanbul on June 21, 2018. After 15 years in power that have already seen Turkey transformed, the President wants by winning a new mandate to rank as the key figure of his country's modern history alongside its founder Mustafa Kemal Ataturk.
Photo by AFP

On June 24, Turkey will choose its president and parliament, in a vote that will decide the future of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

He called snap elections, brought forward from late 2019, and is hoping to cement his position with beefed-up powers.

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