And Then What?
Who’s getting in line to replace Prime Minister Erdogan?
From an article by Goksel Bozkurt in Turkish Daily News:
The pending closure case against the ruling Justice and Development Party, or AKP, has triggered a drift toward alternatives in the political arena, with Turkey’s center right that has languished in recent times sniffing opportunity.
Many new and former political figures have begun making calculations, considering that Turkey may be faced with early elections. The common target is to deliver new blood to the “center right”, which the AKP has tried to assume the mantle of but could not manage, according to veterans of Turkish politics. The search for an alternative political formation to Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his companions, is associated with a long list of names ranging from Abdüllatif Sener to Mesut Yilmaz, Ali Müfit Gürtuna to Rifat Hisarciklioglu, Tuncay Özkan to the 10 December Movement, a group of politicians, unionists and scientists who believe in forming a new political concept.
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