Politics

Opinion | There is still some life left in Turkey’s democracy


Voters in Turkey delivered a strong and unmistakable rebuke to increasingly authoritarian President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his ruling party in municipal elections Sunday. They handed the opposition the largest share of the vote and control of the country’s five largest cities. The question now is whether Mr. Erdogan will heed the message and change his illiberal and intolerant style of governing. The darker possibility is that he’ll respond to the setback with even more repression.



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