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brink of autocratic rule. democracy had been backsliding in the country as erdogan consolidated all branches of government under his authority. for more on the implications both nationally and globally i m joined by steven cook collin s former policy fellow from the cardio on foreign relations. it s great to have you back on the show. a lot of high stakes drama i think in turkey and people waiting to see what may come. we thought we might have had a result by the time this show was on the air. tell us what we know. erdogan spent 20 years shaping turkeys image. talk about the stakes here for americans watching this and what makes this election so important. well this is the super bowl of turkey elections at this point. erdogan has been in power for 20 years and there was a real sense that the united opposition would be able to take him down. perhaps even in a first round. but as you pointed out, right now at least the supreme

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point. erdogan has been in power for 20 years and there was a real sense that the united opposition would be able to take him down. perhaps even in a first round. but as you pointed out, right now at least the supreme election council with its preliminary results is suggesting that both of them fell short of the 50% needed. so we are going to a runoff two weeks from now on may 28th and it s going to be as high stakes and actually quite dangerous going forward. erdogan can be expected to pull out all the stops in order to put himself over the top. and that includes instrumentalizing the entirety of the state apparatus. that is what is happened, he has been in power for 20 years, the state is essentially in his hands and he can use it in order to go after his opponents, and you can be sure that he will. the stakes are extraordinarily high and there is a belief under many that if erdogan

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threshold. they re now likely headed for a runoff vote at the end of the month for the first time in two decades erdogan faced and united opposition. led by kilicdaroglu who vowed to bring turkey back from the brink of autocratic rule. democracy had been backsliding in the country as erdogan consolidated all branches of government under his authority. for more on the implications both nationally and globally i m joined by steven cook collin s former policy fellow from the cardio on foreign relations. it s great to have you back on the show. a lot of high stakes drama i think in turkey and people waiting to see what may come. we thought we might have had a result by the time this show was on the air. tell us what we know. erdogan spent 20 years shaping turkeys image. talk about the stakes here for americans watching this and what makes this election so important. well this is the super bowl of turkey elections at this

Explained: Why Turkey is likely to go to polls again

Turkey elections: So far, no presidential candidate has been able to secure more than 50 per cent of ballots cast in the 14 May Turkey elections. The country is widely expected to head to a runoff election on 28 May, which would see President Recep Tayyip Erdogan facing his main rival Kemal Kilicdaroglu

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