Erdogan's game plan for next election involves Kurdish vote - Al-Monitor: The Middle Eastʼs leading independent news source since 2012

Pinar Tremblay

Pinar Tremblay

Jul 20, 2021

Erdogan supporters in Diyarbakir province — Supporters of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan listen to him during the opening ceremony of the Bismil Agricultural Irrigation Facilities in Diyarbakir province, on July 9, 2021. The Tigris River goes through the plain. — ILYAS AKENGIN/AFP via Getty Images

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan speaks on stage during a local election rally of his Justice and Development Party (AK Party) in Diyarbakir, eastern Turkey, on March 9, 2019.

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People wave pro-Kurdish Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) flags during a gathering to celebrate Newroz, which marks the arrival of spring and the new year, in Diyarbakir, Turkey, March 21, 2019. REUTERS/Sertac Kayar - RC18FB2D9600

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Devlet Bahceli, leader of Nationalist Movement Party (MHP), addresses his supporters during an election rally in Ankara, Turkey June 23, 2018. REUTERS/Stoyan Nenov - RC144FF5C390

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Co-chairmans of the pro-Kurdish Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) Pervin Buldan (C-R) and Mithat Sancar (C-L) hold a press conference with their parliament members as they boycott the first sessiom of the Grand National Assembly's 27th term following the arrest of 82 people, including members of their party, outside the Parliament building in Ankara on October 1, 2020. - Turkish prosecutors on October 1 issued arrest warrants for 82 people, including a mayor and several former lawmakers from the pro-Kurdish H

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