Turkey’s Emboldened Opposition
The culmination of a three-week-long protest march, from Ankara to Istanbul, has heightened expectations that a viable opposition is emerging in Turkey’s constrained political environment. But with a popular if polarizing president still at the helm, opponents of strongman rule still have a long road ahead.
ISTANBUL – In Turkey, where President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s government has been working to centralize political power, opposition parties have lately had few reasons to be optimistic. This month’s massive rally in Istanbul was a rare exception.