What are the reasons behind this result, which marked the ruling AK party’s biggest defeat in almost 20 years?
Turkey
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The introduction of a undemocratic executive presidential system has been removed, suspension of Europe accession talks has become unavoidable.
An increasingly important factor that would limit the new executive’s room for maneuver for translating the anti-Western words into deeds is the looming major economic crisis.
Today, any analyses and futuristic foresights on Turkish politics must take into account a whole set of a) new political structures.
The One-man rule and his governing (AKP) held the election under a state of emergency, allowing centrally-appointed governors to control opposition rallies.