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Research Articles

Whisper sweet nothings to me Erdoğan: developmentalist propaganda, partisan emotions, and economic evaluations in Turkey

Pages 1357-1379 | Received 08 Nov 2022, Accepted 28 Jun 2023, Published online: 20 Aug 2023

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