The Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP), Turkey's leftist party closely tied to its Kurdish population, has been decimated by arrests and seizure of its assets, but it is still the third largest party in parliament. "It may appear that injustice has won, but this will not last," HDP parliament member Meral Danis Bestas told Al-Monitor. "Turkey's future truly lies in democracy, rights and freedom."
Erdogan has enormous power and has out muscled and out maneuvered his opponents for the past 20 years. But Turks are growing weary of his rule and, if the economy stumbles, he may be vulnerable.
That's why he is running scared.
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