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Welcome to the show. Turkey is nearing its most dramatic election in decades.

Almost a century after the establishment of the Republic and following 20 years of

Turkish President Recip Tayyip Erdogan's rule,

Ankara seems like it's at a pivotal moment. It has soaring inflation, an earthquake that claimed

the lives of more than 50,000 people, and a range of other problems that Erdogan and rival

politicians all claim that they alone can fix.

The elections take place on May 14, and the stakes are high for Turkey, of course, but also for

the world. Turkey is a NATO member. It plays a crucial part in the war in Ukraine, and it's important

to the Middle East, to Europe, the United

States, and far beyond. Now, the majority of Turkey's opposition has rallied behind Kemal

Kilich Terolu, the leader of the Republican People's Party. Kilixtorolu, who sometimes

referred to as Turkey's Mahatma Gandhi, has differentiated himself from Erdogan,

framing himself as a modest leader,

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