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Turkey's president has built vast power over 20 years. But he may lose on Sunday

Updated May 14, 2023

Larry Kaplow
Peter Kenyon

A poster of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, left, on a truck near an election poster of presidential candidate Kemal Kilicdaroglu in Istanbul, Turkey, May 8. (AP)

This article was originally published on May 12, 2023.

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