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by June 2023. But since the local election showdown in 2019, the question of snap polls being on the cards has repeatedly arisen. The country has in fact been in an elections “mood” since 2014.
The two-year-long pandemic and the uncontrolled economic collapse that Turkey experienced in 2021 meant Erdogan and his officials never had a window for calling early elections that would get the job of securing another term in office done.
As things stand, the regime may feel the pressure in 2022 if it does not adopt the nuclear option of attempting to delay the elections beyond the official deadline. A war is one legal path to securing a postponement.
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