Municipal elections in Turkey have, according to political observers, reaffirmed Tayyip Erdoğan’s supremacy in the country’s political arena. One could even go as far as suggest that corruption allegations and other scandals against the Prime Minister had little or almost no bearing on the electorate. Erdoğan’s election victory has paved the way for him to claim the presidency, with very good prospects to achieve this objective. His election victory is widely expected to play a role both on the domestic front as well as on foreign policy. CNA has, for the first time, invited academics from both sides of the divide in Cyprus to comment on Erdoğan’s victory and assess its fallout on Cyprus and Turkey. Here is what they had to say:
