Editorial: Turkey's fight for democracy
by The Times Editorial Board, Los Angeles Times
Jun 25, 2019
2 minutes
On the surface, Sunday's mayoral election in Istanbul centered on garbage collection, water service and other municipal issues. But it was ultimately a referendum on the leadership of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and the increasingly oppressive rule of his Islamist Justice and Development Party, or
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