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I doubt he's concerned with reelection. That part is assured already.

• dizhn 4y ago
  Like I said. If the elections happen on time he cannot even be a presidential candidate. This is due to term limits in the constitution that he himself passed with a referendum. They'll probably argue semantics and claim he can be a candidate. They have never discussed this in public yet. The other option is if the parliament decides to have early elections which requires opposition parties to vote in that direction too - which they might. The constitution allows him to be a candidate in this case. They might just do it. There are examples of them doing dumb things or maybe they are colluding with him. Who knows. If he can't run, any other AKP candidate has basically zero chance of being elected.
• walkhour 4y ago
  I agree this is not his main concern, but it's surprising how much dictators care about public opinion, and how much they pay attention to the press, education, and culture. It's as if they knew their system was fragile, and they can't let any small thing fall out of place, otherwise an immediate danger would be posed.