nam 22 uu 4500 10.59704/31a052f2578ba461 DE-Verfassungsblog cr||||| 250417s2025||||xx#|||||o|||| ||| 0|eng|| 10.59704/31a052f2578ba461 doi eng 342 23 Radpey, Loqman Author aut The Opposition Erdoğan Can Tolerate - Erdoğan’s Rapprochement with the Kurds to Reshape Turkey’s Political Landscape Radpey, Loqman Verfassungsblog 2025-04-17 Text txt rdacontent Computermedien c rdamedia Online-Ressource cr rdacarrier 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. CC BY-SA 4.0 AKP CHP DEM Erdogan MHP Oposition PKK Türkei pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Equality and Democracy Party (DE-588)4061163-2 gnd Türkei Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 https://verfassungsblog.de/the-opposition-erdogan-dem/ raw object