Turkey’s leader for the last two decades, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, could be defeated in the country’s next presidential election, scheduled for May 14. Criticism has mounted over the government’s unpopular economic policies and its slow response to the Feb. 6 earthquake, which claimed more than 50,000 lives. The leader of Turkey’s main opposition party, Kemal Kilicdaroglu, is currently leading in the polls. What are the driving issues in this election? If Erdogan loses, will there be a peaceful transition of power? Join FP’s Ravi Agrawal for a discussion with FP columnist Steven A. Cook and Gonul Tol, the founding director of the Turkey program at the Middle East Institute. | 
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