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Turkey will have its presidential election on Aug. 10. Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan is one of the three candidates, and by far the leading one, according to various polls. Therefore, his election to the presidency would come as no surprise.
But many in Turkey wonder where exactly the country will head to once Erdogan becomes president and transforms this traditionally symbolic post into an all-powerful seat, because it is clear that Erdogan’s ambitions are far bigger than any of the previous elected Turkish politicians. He and his supporters see his presidency not just as a mundane change of seats, but as a historic revolution that will seal a century-long era in Turkish history and open a whole new one.
