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http://dx.doi.org/10.59704/31a052f2578ba461 https://verfassungsblog.de/the-opposition-erdogan-dem/ The Opposition Erdoğan Can Tolerate - Erdoğan’s Rapprochement with the Kurds to Reshape Turkey’s Political Landscape Radpey, Loqman eng 2025-04-17 electronic resource text/html ddc:342 AKP CHP DEM Erdogan MHP Oposition PKK Türkei pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Equality and Democracy Party Türkei Verfassungsblog Verfassungsblog--2366-7044 CC BY-SA 4.0 President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan is remaking Turkey’s opposition – not by defeating it outright, but by replacing it. His latest strategy appears to sideline the secular Republican People’s Party (CHP) and elevate the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Equality and Democracy Party (DEM) as a more fragmented, controllable rival. This calculated manoeuvre could fracture the anti-Erdoğan bloc ahead of the 2028 elections while projecting an image of democratic pluralism.