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Will Turkey’s Election Make It a Reliable U.S. Ally Again?

If Erdoğan loses, the opposition leader promise to make foreign policy ‘more peaceful’ and ‘less confrontational.’

By Jillian Kay Melchior
Journal Editorial Report: The week's best and worst from Kim Strassel, Kyle Peterson, Collin Levy and Dan Henninger Images: Zuma Press/San Francisco Chronicle/AP/ Composite: Mark Kelly

As Turkey prepares for presidential and parliamentary elections on May 14, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has never looked more vulnerable. Yet the road to a less autocratic Turkey remains rocky.

A 2010 constitutional referendum let Mr. Erdoğan and his ruling Justice and Development Party, or AKP, pack Turkey’s high court. Another, in 2017, weakened Parliament and strengthened the executive’s grip on domestic policy and national security.

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