{"id":108284,"date":"2014-08-07T13:48:20","date_gmt":"2014-08-07T10:48:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/en\/content\/?p=108284"},"modified":"2014-08-07T13:50:06","modified_gmt":"2014-08-07T10:50:06","slug":"turkeys-lopsided-presidential-election-campaign","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/en\/content\/2014\/08\/07\/turkeys-lopsided-presidential-election-campaign\/","title":{"rendered":"Turkey\u2019s lopsided presidential election campaign"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/en\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/TurkeyPresidentialCampaign-04aaf.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1484\" height=\"950\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-108286\" src=\"https:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/en\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/TurkeyPresidentialCampaign-04aaf.jpg\" alt=\"TurkeyPresidentialCampaign-04aaf\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/en\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/TurkeyPresidentialCampaign-04aaf.jpg 1484w, https:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/en\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/TurkeyPresidentialCampaign-04aaf-300x192.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/en\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/TurkeyPresidentialCampaign-04aaf-1024x656.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/en\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/TurkeyPresidentialCampaign-04aaf-768x492.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1484px) 100vw, 1484px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>In this Sunday, Aug. 3, 2014 file photo released by the Turkish Prime Minister\u2019s Press Office, Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his wife Emine Erdogan wave to supporters during a rally in Istanbul, Turkey. Erdogan is the unquestionable front-runner in Turkey\u2019s first direct presidential election on Sunday. And critics accuse him of using his position as premier to make the contest even more lopsided. Erdogan, a skilled public orator who has dominated Turkish politics for a decade, undisputedly enjoys far more popularity than either of his rivals: a newcomer on the national political scene supported by several opposition parties; and a high-profile, ambitious young Kurdish politician. (Kayhan Ozer, Turkish Prime Minister\u2019s Press Office, HO\/Associated Press)<\/p>\n<p>By Associated Press August 6 at 6:20 AM<\/p>\n<p>ISTANBUL \u2014 Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan is the unquestionable front-runner in Turkey\u2019s first direct presidential election on Sunday. And critics accuse him of using his position as premier to make the contest even more lopsided.<\/p>\n<p>via Turkey\u2019s lopsided presidential election campaign &#8211; The Washington Post.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In this Sunday, Aug. 3, 2014 file photo released by the Turkish Prime Minister\u2019s Press Office, Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his wife Emine Erdogan wave to supporters during a rally in Istanbul, Turkey. Erdogan is the unquestionable front-runner in Turkey\u2019s first direct presidential election on Sunday. And critics accuse him of using [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":83,"featured_media":108286,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[89],"tags":[1810,1018],"class_list":["post-108284","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-turkey","tag-presidential-election","tag-recep-tayyip-erdogan"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/en\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108284","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/en\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/en\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/en\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/83"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/en\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=108284"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/en\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108284\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/en\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/108286"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/en\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=108284"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/en\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=108284"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/en\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=108284"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}