Turkish journalist Nevşin Mengü tells TIME about her expectations for the country's presidential runoff on May 28
Erdoğan’s control over the Turkish media landscape was particularly palpable in the run up to the first-round of voting. In April, ErdoğanRead MoreTIME caught up with Mengü on the sidelines of the Geneva Summit for Human Rights and Democracy earlier this month, where she spoke about the state of media freedom in Turkey and what to expect from the presidential runoff on May 28.
There was a Trump-Erdoğan meeting [in May 2017], the first meeting after Trump was elected. I was talking about that because that was happening on live TV, and I said basically that the meeting only lasted 23 minutes. And this pissed [off] Mr. Erdoğan because he wanted to present the meeting like they were best buddies and that it was a long meeting. He was pissed and through people he contacted my boss and he said they don’t want me anymore. My boss negotiated … and then I left.
You covered the first round of the Turkish election. What did you make of the outcome? Has there been a sense of deflation among the opposition? The thing is, for the last 20 years, we always had this hope that the opposition might win. This is the first time they wereIt’s really hard to poll for polling companies. In the metropolitan cities, Erdoğan is losing. He keeps losing. Actually, in 51 cities, he lost votes. In the bigger cities, they do not want Erdoğan, basically. In smaller cities and rural areas, he has strong support. But it’s the same pattern everywhere.
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