In the year in which the Turkish republic marks its centenary, the country is being closely watched to see if a united opposition can succeed in unseating an increasingly authoritarian leader in the NATO-member country.
Turkiye's presidential and parliamentary elections, taking place on Sunday, could stretch President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's rule into a third decade -- or they could set the country on a new course.Kemal Kilicdaroglu, the leader of the secular, center-left Republican People's Party, or CHP, is the main challenger trying to dislodge Erdogan after 20 years in office.
"On the one hand, there is President Erdogan's vision of a security state, a monist society, of power consolidated in the hands of the executive," he said. "On the other hand, there is the vision, represented by Kilicdaroglu, of a more pluralist Turkiye in which no community is othered, one that is getting more democratized and ... there's a clear division of powers between the executive, legislative and judiciary.
Kilicdaroglu, meanwhile, is a soft-spoken politician who is credited with bringing a previously fractured opposition together. His six-party Nation Alliance, that includes Islamists and nationalists, has vowed to reverse the democratic backsliding and crackdowns on free speech and dissent under Erdogan.
"We worry about the rent, the electricity, and other bills," Yel said. "For the past year, I have been starting each new month with more debt."
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