Turkey's Elections: A Pivotal Moment for Erdogan's Rule and the Country's Future.

Turkey's presidential and parliamentary elections on Sunday could either extend President Erdogan's rule into a third decade or set the country on a new course. The main challenger, Kemal Kilicdaroglu, is the joint candidate of a six-party alliance that has vowed to dismantle Erdogan's executive presidential system and return the country to a parliamentary democracy with checks and balances. Erdogan has lost some ground amid a faltering economy and a cost-of-living crisis, and the race is so close that it is likely to be decided in a runoff. The main issue for the elections is the economy and high inflation that has eaten away families’ purchasing power.