Chief adviser says Erdoğan will run for a last term in 2028

Presidential adviser Mehmet Uçum said Erdoğan “will be a candidate for the last time,” forecasting elections on 16 April 2028, the anniversary of the 2017 referendum that created the executive presidency. Parliament can call early elections with 360 of its 600 votes; Erdoğan's AKP and its ally MHP hold 326 between them.

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