{"id":1924789,"date":"2023-05-05T04:12:34","date_gmt":"2023-05-05T08:12:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/austin-bay-why-turkeys-may-14-election-really-matters\/"},"modified":"2023-05-05T04:15:55","modified_gmt":"2023-05-05T08:15:55","slug":"austin-bay-why-turkeys-may-14-election-really-matters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/austin-bay-why-turkeys-may-14-election-really-matters\/","title":{"rendered":"Turkey&#8217;s May 14 Election is crucial, says Austin Bay."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Faustin-bay-why-turkeys-may-14-election-really-matters%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1924789&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Turkey&#8217;s Critical National Elections: What&#8217;s at Stake?<\/h2>\n<p>On May 14, 2023, Turkey will hold national elections that are critical not only for its citizens but also for NATO solidarity, political stability in Eastern Europe, and the West&#8217;s ability to counter Iran, Russia, and China in the Middle East. The election pits President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who advocates for authoritarian power and control vested in the president, against the much more moderate Kemal Kilicdaroglu, who is backed by a six<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/austin-bay-why-turkeys-may-14-election-really-matters\/\" title=\"Turkey's May 14 Election is crucial, says Austin Bay.\">-party coalition committed<\/a> to ending Erdogan&#8217;s reign of economic error, police intimidation, and destructive corruption.<\/p>\n<h3>The Significance of the 100-Year Mark<\/h3>\n<p>For Turks, the 100-year mark has genuine significance. A century ago, in 1923, Mustafa Kemal Ataturk established the secular Turkish Republic from the ruins of the Ottoman Turk empire. Ataturk was a true revolutionary who successfully created a political system to modernize a culturally Islamic nation. Turkey&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/after-a-year-of-democrats-hyperventilating-over-jan-6-voters-trust-republicans-more-to-protect-democracy\/\" title=\"After A Year Of Democrats Hyperventilating Over Jan. 6, Voters Trust Republicans More To \u2018Protect Democracy\u2019\">21st-century democracy<\/a> is Ataturk&#8217;s legacy, but Erdogan intentionally attacks and diminishes Turkey&#8217;s democratic institutions.<\/p>\n<h3>Erdogan&#8217;s Threat to NATO and U.S. Security<\/h3>\n<p>Erdogan&#8217;s record for jailing journalists and intimidating opponents is fact, not theory. He is also a threat to the integrity of NATO, which means he&#8217;s a threat to U.S. security. When he purchased the Russian-made S-400 air defense system, Erdogan put the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter&#8217;s technological edge at risk. Kilicdaroglu says he will revive Turkey&#8217;s bid to join the European Union and support Sweden&#8217;s admission.<\/p>\n<h3>Erdogan&#8217;s Economic and Political Mismanagement<\/h3>\n<p>Erdogan&#8217;s economic and political mismanagement may lead to his defeat. In fall 2022, annual inflation hit 86%, a 24-year high. The February earthquakes were the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/exclusive-residents-on-kentucky-tornado-damage-footage-ive-never-seen-destruction-like-this-in-my-life\/\" title=\"EXCLUSIVE: Residents On Kentucky Tornado Damage Footage: \u2018I\u2019ve Never Seen Destruction Like This In My Life\u2019\">worst natural disaster<\/a> in the history of modern Turkey, and Erdogan&#8217;s slow and poor response has made the earthquakes an election issue he cannot shake. Government failure to enforce construction standards is also an issue, and some critics suspect corruption by national and local officials contributed to the disaster.<\/p>\n<h3>Conclusion<\/h3>\n<p>The upcoming national elections in Turkey are critical for its citizens and the world. Will Erdogan&#8217;s authoritarian power and control continue to diminish Turkey&#8217;s democracy, threaten NATO and U.S. security, and lead to economic and political mismanagement? Or will Kilicdaroglu&#8217;s moderate pro-parliamentary process candidacy revive Turkey&#8217;s bid to join the European Union and support Sweden&#8217;s admission? The world is watching.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Turkey&#8217;s May 14, 2023, national elections are critical, foremost for Turkish citizens. Their democracy is at stake. But that isn&#8217;t the only reason Turkish and European media call next week&#8217;s vote the most important in 100 years. The election, which pits the President Recep Tayyip Erdogan against the much more moderate Kemal Kilicdaroglu, also affects<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1924790,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[9230,8324,13581,3728,13342],"class_list":["post-1924789","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-austin","tag-bay","tag-crucial","tag-election","tag-turkeys"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1924789","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1924789"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1924789\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1924790"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1924789"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1924789"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1924789"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}