Turkey's Election: A Turning Point for Erdogan's Rule?

Turkey will hold parliamentary and presidential elections on May 14, with incumbent President Recep Tayyip Erdogan facing a strong challenge from opposition candidate Kemal Kilicdaroglu. Erdogan's governing AKP party amended the constitution in 2017 to introduce an executive presidential system, giving the president wide-ranging powers. The parliament has been relegated to insignificance, with Erdogan's government blocking every opposition project. Three electoral alliances are playing a decisive role in the parliamentary elections: Erdogan's People's Alliance, the National Alliance of the biggest opposition block, and the Labor and Freedom Alliance, led by the pro-Kurdish People's Democratic Party, or HDP.