Chuck Darwin<p><a href="https://c.im/tags/Turkish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Turkish</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>politics</span></a> is interesting again. </p><p>For years, Turkey’s opposition was moribund. <br>Under the leadership of <a href="https://c.im/tags/Kemal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Kemal</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Kilicdaroglu" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Kilicdaroglu</span></a>, the main opposition Republican People’s Party ( <a href="https://c.im/tags/CHP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CHP</span></a> ) had trouble attracting more than 25 percent to 30 percent of voters.</p><p>Last weekend’s elections offer a first glimpse of a political future beyond the reigning strongman.</p><p><a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/04/04/turkey-local-elections-erdogan-akp-imamoglu/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">foreignpolicy.com/2024/04/04/t</span><span class="invisible">urkey-local-elections-erdogan-akp-imamoglu/</span></a></p>