The citizens of Turkey go to the polls on Sunday (31/3) for the crucial municipal elections that are going to test the popularity of Recep Tayyip Erdogan. The president of the country is faced with the dissatisfaction of the citizens, while the vote of the Kurds is expected to play an important factor in what will happen. The ruling party is trying to win back key cities that it lost five years ago, most notably the municipality of Istanbul, and the dethronement of the current mayor, Ekrem Imamoglu. Ioannis Papafloratos, Lawyer – Internationalist – Professor at the University of Athens, spoke about this issue to ERTNews, the show CONNECTIONS and to journalists Christina Vidou and Kostas Papachlimintzos. According to Mr. Papaflorato, this battle is semiological: “Of course it will also have a reflection in his movements in the external environment. We already see that he has adopted a high-toned rhetoric towards Greece. He obviously wants to grab some votes from extreme nationalists, who would be moving towards his candidate anyway. In […]
Source: News Beast
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