President Tayyip Erdogan and his supporters on Monday celebrated an election win extending his rule into a third decade while Turkey's opposition, once optimistic of winning, braced for 'difficult days' against an increasingly autocratic government.
extending his rule into a third decade while Turkey's opposition, once optimistic of winning, braced for "difficult days" against an increasingly autocratic government.
Pro-government newspapers, part of an overwhelmingly pro-Erdogan media landscape that supported his election campaign in the nation of 85 million people, cheered his victory. Its most recent losses were driven by uncertainty about what an Erdogan win would mean for economic policy. Critics have blamed his unorthodox, low interest-rate economic policy, which the opposition had pledged to reverse, for the currency's woes.'DIFFICULT DAYS'
"For the opposition, very difficult days are ahead," said Atilla Yesilada, analyst at GlobalSource Partners, forecasting more judicial moves against the Kurdish party and saying it was not clear whether the opposition alliance would remain intact.
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