Turkey’s Erdogan Declares His Bid for President in 2023 Election

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Turkey’s longest serving leader, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, all but kicked off his bid for re-election in a year’s time, as the popularity of his ruling party is hit by a cost-of-living crisis with inflation at its highest in nearly a quarter century.