Erdogan has an election coming, and polling doesn’t look good for him. For now, he must “split the baby” to appease both the moderates and the head choppers. Should he win, he will “have more flexibility after the election”. Should he lose, his opponent, Kemal Kilicdaroglu, has stated he will admit Sweden. Either way, I predict Sweden will be in NATO by the end of the year.
Winner of Turkey’s May elections very important for their future. Erdogon has been changing the country strongly in the Islamic direction from the secular path chosen almost a century ago. There were 6 small parties planning on fighting Erdogan’s reelection.
Fortunately as you pointed out, they have agreed on running one candidate. Those parties have strength in the earthquake zone. Probably a lot to be angry about and vote out the current govt. The Kurds are another festering internal problem. Erdogon is very anti Kurd. How do the other parties and the people feel about the Kurd question? A lot to watch in the next 2 months.