Could Abdullah Gul be the unexpected saviour of Turkey’s opposition?

Source:Middle East Eye Date:30Jan2018

In the last days of 2017, a new state of emergency decree, providing immunity to civilians who took part in suppressing the July 2016 coup attempt against the Turkish government, triggered an unlikely war of words between Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his reticent yet influential predecessor, Abdullah Gul. Could Gul challenge Erdogna for presidency or party leadership?