President Recep Tayyip Erdogan wants to take back control of the city and its $16bn budget.
Turkey's opposition hopes for a shake-up in local elections, but the Good Party has faded and neither it nor the Peoples Equality and Democracy Party (DEM) have a chance of winning Istanbul. The incumbent mayor Ekrem Imamoglu is ahead in most polls, but not by much.
Turkey's opposition hopes for a shake-up in local elections, but the Good Party has faded and neither it nor the Peoples Equality and Democracy Party (DEM) have a chance of winning Istanbul. The incumbent mayor Ekrem Imamoglu is ahead in most polls, but not by much. President Recep Tayyip Erdogan wants to take back control of the city and its $16bn budget.
The Battle for Istanbul is putting Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s power to the test.
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The article contains multiple examples of monetary bias. The author uses language that portrays the Turkish economy as being in a bad state and implies that Erdogan's policies are responsible for this. Additionally, the author mentions how Erdogan has been accused of corruption and embezzlement which is also an example of monetary bias.
Erdogan's policies are implied to be responsible for this
The article portrays the Turkish economy as being in a bad state
The author mentions how Erdogan has been accused of corruption and embezzlement
Support for the party has slipped to single digits
Neither the Goods nor the Peoples Equality and Democracy Party (DEM) have a chance of winning Istanbul in local elections set for March 31st
Ekrem Imamoglu, incumbent mayor of Istanbul, is ahead in most polls but not by much
Turkey's strongman Recep Tayyip Erdogan wants to take back control of the city and its $16bn budget
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The article contains several examples of informal fallacies. The author uses inflammatory rhetoric when describing the situation in Turkey and its economy. They also use an appeal to authority by mentioning Recep Tayyip Erdogan's background as a mayor of Istanbul, which is used to support his current campaign for mayor again.
The author uses inflammatory rhetoric when describing the situation in Turkey and its economy. For example, they describe the lows that are expected once the vote is out of the way as 'storm drains', 'bus service' and 'patronage networks'.
The author also uses an appeal to authority by mentioning Recep Tayyip Erdogan's background as a mayor of Istanbul, which is used to support his current campaign for mayor again. They say that he grew up in Istanbul, served as its mayor in the 1990s and continued to run the city through his surrogates even after becoming prime minister and then president.
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The article contains examples of political bias and religious bias. The author uses language that dehumanizes the opposition party by referring to them as 'perishable goods'. They also use quotes from a member of the ruling party who refers to their opponents as rent-seekers at the local level, which is an example of ideological bias.
AK’s candidate in Istanbul is Murat Kurum, a former urban-affairs minister. But the man powering AK’s campaign is Mr Erdogan.
Many of Mr Erdogan's opponents are more concerned with rent-seeking at the local level than winning elections at the national one
The Good Party, once the hope of Recep Tayyip Erdogan's foes, has faded
The opposition faces a wider problem. Many voters are convinced they cannot win elections
. President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has campaigned for his party to retake Istanbul from the incumbent mayor.
. The contest to run city hall in Istanbul is between one man who is on the ballot and another who is not: the incumbent Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu and President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
A win for Mr. Erdogan's party would allow it to reclaim the political and financial clout of running Turkey's largest city, further empowering a leader whom critics accuse of leading the country toward autocracy.
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. President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has campaigned for his party to retake Istanbul from the incumbent mayor, whom many see as a potential future president.
. A win for Mr. Erdogan's party would allow it to reclaim the political and financial clout of running Turkey's largest city, further empowering a leader whom critics accuse of leading the country toward autocracy.
The Battle for Istanbul is putting Recep Tayyip Erdoganğan's power to the test.
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The article is biased towards President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his party's desire to regain control of Istanbul. The author uses language that portrays Mr. Imamoglu as a potential future president, which could be seen as an attempt to diminish his current position and the importance of the election in determining Turkey's political future.
A win for Mr. Erdogan's party would allow it to reclaim the political and financial clout of running Turkey's largest city
The contest to run city hall in Istanbul is between one man who is on the ballot and another who is not. The first is the incumbent, Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu, a rising star in the political opposition
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The article discusses the Istanbul mayoral race and Turkey's political future. The authors have a conflict of interest on several topics including President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Ekrem Imamoglu, Justice and Development Party and Sinan Ulgen as they are all politicians or affiliated with them.
The article discusses the Istanbul mayoral race in which President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's party is facing a challenge from opposition leader Ekrem Imamoglu. The authors also mention Sinan Ulgen, an analyst who has written extensively about Turkey's political future.
The article mentions that the Justice and Development Party, which is led by President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, faces criticism for its handling of corruption and human rights issues in Turkey.
