SECULAR OPPOSITION IS TOO WEAK IN TÜRKİYE 6 MONTHS BEFORE THE 2024 LOCAL ELECTİONS

Introduction Türkiye is heading towards local elections set for March 31, 2024, approximately 6 months later. After President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and his conservative/nationalist bloc’s decisive victory in the 2023 presidential and parliamentary elections,