nam 22 uu 4500 10.17176/20230523-140340-0 DE-Verfassungsblog cr||||| 230523s2023||||xx#|||||o|||| ||| 0|eng|| 10.17176/20230523-140340-0 doi eng 342 23 Meyer-Resende, Michael Author aut A Flawed Vote, Not a Horse Race - Turkey/Türkiye and the Dilemma of Electoral Legitimacy and Authoritarian Control Meyer-Resende, Michael Verfassungsblog 2023-05-23 Text txt rdacontent Computermedien c rdamedia Online-Ressource cr rdacarrier The elections in Turkey/Türkiye showed the dilemma for the political opposition in competitive authoritarian regimes: They have to create momentum for change. They must believe it is possible to win elections. If they don't believe this, their voters won't. It is difficult to avoid this dilemma, but there is something journalists, experts and officials from other countries can do: Always stress the unfairness of the conditions in which the elections are being held. Do not get a carried away by the excitement of the race. Focus on the fact that the race is not being run on level ground. CC BY-SA 4.0 Competitive Authoritarianism elections Recep Tayyip Erdoğan Turkey Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 https://verfassungsblog.de/a-flawed-vote-not-a-horse-race/ raw object