Erdogan's Victory and Turkey's Economic Experiment: What's Next?

Despite high inflation and state mismanagement, Turkish President Erdogan's government won the recent elections due to its economic, geopolitical, and sociopolitical factors. The opposition failed to provide a substantive, popular, and concrete alternative vision, relying too much on the middle classes, bureaucrats, and experts. The opposition's nationalism rings hollow without a similar material basis as the government's. The historic defeat of 2023 signals that any viable opposition will have to build a wider base, integrating both workers and Kurds into their coalition.