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At least 14 people have died in flooding in earthquake-ravaged Adiyaman and Sanliurfa provinces, leading to renewed criticism of the government’s emergency response.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has expanded the number of political parties affiliated with his "People’s Alliance" to include a far-right Islamist party: Huda Par, a religiously conservative Kurdish political party. Huda Par is an extremist entity linked to Turkish Hezbollah. While not affiliated with the Lebanese equivalent, Turkish Hezbollah retains links to Iran. It is widely perceived to be a sponsor of terrorism, and its leaders are on record for stating their belief that "Hezbollah is not a terrorist organization."
The rapprochement between Erdogan’s People’s Alliance and the Kurdish Islamist Huda-Par, seen as the successor of Hezbollah, annoys nationalists, while the move toward arch-conservative New Welfare alarms women.
He oversaw ambitious infrastructure projects, turned Turkey into geopolitical powerhouse
In the 2018 elections, opposition leader Kemal Kilicdaroglu nominated his traditional rival in the party, Muharram Ince, as a candidate for the presidential elections, “to lose to Erdogan as well,” and thus lose his strongest card against him within the party.