Commentaries, Analysis, And Editorials On Turkey's Election -- June 25, 2018

Matt Brown, ABC News Online: Opponents of Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan have every reason to fear what comes next

Turkey's strongman just got stronger and his opponents have every reason to fear what comes next.

Having just won twin presidential and parliamentary polls, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who has run Turkey for more than 15 years, has been re-elected to a more powerful role thanks to changes authorised in a controversial referendum last year.

The post of Prime Minister has been abolished and Mr Erdogan will now have increased power over the budget and the judiciary and the ability to rule by decree and dissolve Parliament.

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Commentaries, Analysis, And Editorials On Turkey's Election -- June 25, 2018

Turkey election: Erdogan win ushers in new presidential era -- BBC
Erdogan's Win Is No Victory for the Lira -- Bloomberg
Turkey elections: How powerful will the next Turkish president be? -- Chris Morris, BBC
Turkey enters new era with same man in charge after Erdogan election triumph -- Alastair Jamieson, NBC
Analysis Turkey Elections: Erdogan's Win Paves the Road Toward Autocracy -- Zvi Bar'el, Haaretz
Turkey’s election hands Erdogan unchecked power for up to a decade -- Tim Hume, Vice News
The inexorable decline of the Turkish lira under Erdogan -- Eshe Nelson, Quartz
Erdogan's return to office looks like the beginning of the end for democracy in Turkey -- Will Gore, The Independent
Victory propels Erdoğan into elite club of strongman leaders -- Simon Tisdall, The Guardian
Turkey elections Q&A: was the vote free and fair? -- Kareem Shaheen, The Guardian
Profile: Recep Tayyip Erdogan -- Al Jazeera