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DESCRIPTION:The Moynihan Institute Middle Eastern Studies program presents&
 nbsp\;Murat Somer&nbsp\;(Koç University Istanbul)\, and&nbsp\;Güneş Murat 
 Tezcür (University of Central Florida).On May 14\, Turkey is scheduled to 
 hold its presidential election\, where the opposition will make a strong p
 ush to unseat President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. For the first time in Erdoğa
 n’s 20-year rule\, the opposition parties have formed a united front known
  as the Table of Six\, with longtime main opposition party leader\, Kemal 
 Kılıçdaroğlu\, as its presidential candidate. Among others\, Kılıçdaroğlu 
 is running on the promise to restore democracy to Turkey.Join us on April 
 11 as a panel of experts explore the opposition’s chances of success in th
 e upcoming election and the prospects for Turkey’s future. The outcome of 
 the election will shape the country’s trajectory for years to come and wil
 l be one of the most significant international events of the year.
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SUMMARY:Turkish Pres. Election: Will Turkey Restore Its Democracy or Furthe
 r Slide into Authoritarianism?
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X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p>The Moynihan Institute Middle Eastern Studi
 es program presents&nbsp\;<span style="background-color: initial\; font-fa
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 ">Murat Somer</span><span style="background-color: initial\; font-family: 
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 it\; white-space: inherit\; word-spacing: normal\; caret-color: auto">&nbs
 p\;(</span><span style="background-color: initial\; font-family: inherit\;
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 e-space: inherit\; word-spacing: normal\; caret-color: auto">Koç Universit
 y Istanbul)\, and&nbsp\;</span>Güneş Murat Tezcür (<span style="background
 -color: initial\; font-family: inherit\; font-size: inherit\; text-align: 
 inherit\; text-transform: inherit\; white-space: inherit\; word-spacing: n
 ormal\; caret-color: auto">University of Central Florida).</span><span sty
 le="background-color: initial\; font-family: inherit\; font-size: inherit\
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 ord-spacing: normal\; caret-color: auto"></span></p><p><span style="backgr
 ound-color: initial\; font-family: inherit\; font-size: inherit\; text-ali
 gn: inherit\; text-transform: inherit\; white-space: inherit\; word-spacin
 g: normal\; caret-color: auto">On May 14\, Turkey is scheduled to hold its
  presidential election\, where the opposition will make a strong push to u
 nseat President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. For the first time in Erdoğan’s 20-y
 ear rule\, the opposition parties have formed a united front known as the 
 Table of Six\, with longtime main opposition party leader\, Kemal Kılıçdar
 oğlu\, as its presidential candidate. Among others\, Kılıçdaroğlu is runni
 ng on the promise to restore democracy to Turkey.</span></p><p><span style
 ="background-color: initial\; font-family: inherit\; font-size: inherit\; 
 text-align: inherit\; text-transform: inherit\; white-space: inherit\; wor
 d-spacing: normal\; caret-color: auto"></span><span style="background-colo
 r: initial\; font-family: inherit\; font-size: inherit\; text-align: inher
 it\; text-transform: inherit\; white-space: inherit\; word-spacing: normal
 \; caret-color: auto">Join us on April 11 as a panel of experts explore th
 e opposition’s chances of success in the upcoming election and the prospec
 ts for Turkey’s future. The outcome of the election will shape the country
 ’s trajectory for years to come and will be one of the most significant in
 ternational events of the year.</span></p>
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