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Erdogan's crackdown on the opposition has seen his polling collapse and the economy continue to struggle, potentially scuppering his plans to amend the constitution to run for a third term. So after 20 years in power, could this be his political downfall?

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Sources:

Articles on the crackdown
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articl...
https://www.lemonde.fr/en/internation...

Erdogan “civilian constitution”
https://voxeurop.eu/en/kurdistan-pkk-...
https://www.ft.com/content/d0c7171c-0...
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/featur...
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articl...
https://verfassungsblog.de/turkeys-ge...
https://www.su.se/institute-for-turki...

Dollar vs Lira
https://www.google.com/search?q=dolla...

Turkey’s economic crisis
https://www.ft.com/content/5999e52b-e...

Polling
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...
https://www.paturkey.com/news/2025/ar...
https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-...
https://x.com/EuropeElects/status/194...
https://x.com/EuropeElects/status/194...
https://x.com/EuropeElects/status/194...
https://europeelects.eu/turkiye/


0:00 Intro
1:00 Recapping the Crackdown
3:57 Why it's Backfired
6:05 Impact on Turkish economy
6:53 Impact on Erdogan-DEM Cooperation