Starched rival: Turkey’s opposition candidate
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The Economist
4.3 • 5K Ratings
🗓️ 14 March 2023
⏱️ 28 minutes
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Summary
After internecine drama, the opposition-party alliance has picked their man. The bookish, mild-mannered Kemal Kilicdaroglu may be the best possible president, but also the worst possible candidate when Turkey’s democracy is flagging. We examine why a new UN high-seas treaty, decades in the making, is so significant. And Thailand’s “Boys’ Love” gay TV dramas are an ever-growing cultural export.
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| 1:05.7 | Hello and welcome to the intelligence from the economist. In New York, I'm John Fastman. And in London, I'm |
| 1:12.4 | Jason Palmer. Every weekday, we provide a fresh perspective on the events shaping your world. |
| 1:20.3 | Few places offer a clearer illustration of the tragedy of the Commons than the high seas. |
| 1:26.1 | The two-thirds of the world's oceans beyond national |
| 1:28.7 | jurisdictions. A new UN-brokered treaty to safeguard international waters aims to change that. |
| 1:36.4 | And what started as a storyline in Japanese comics in the 1990s went on to become a live-action hit |
| 1:43.4 | in Thailand, one that's now an obsession back in Japan |
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| 1:56.0 | But first... Over the weekend, Turkey's long-standing President, Racheb Tayyip Erdogan, announced the date of the presidential election, May 14th. |
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