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Will Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan run for President?

The registration period for all candidates who want to run in the presidential elections due to be held in two weeks' time began today. It remains unclear whether Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan of the national conservative AKP will run, but a group of opponents to his candidacy is already forming. Erdogan's AKP has its roots in the Islamic milieu, and many fear that his election would mean the complete Islamisation of the country. According to Kai Strittmatter, the "real battle line" runs elsewhere: "The Kemalists [opposed to the candidature of Erdogan], the self-appointed heirs of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, who founded the Republic, are the old elite in Turkey. They, having controlled and plundered the state for decades, now fear they could be pushed out of power and deprived of their sources for good. ... It's remarkable that it's by no means only conservative Muslims who are backing Erdogan's AKP, but also Istanbul entrepreneurs, the Liberals, the pro-Europeans and the Turkish minorities. They all point out that Turkey has never been as open and democratic as it is today, after four years of AKP government." Strittmacher points out that it would therefore be wiser for Erdogan not to stand for President and let one of his allies run instead."

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