ISTANBUL – About 6 million first-time voters are set to effectively decide whether to extend Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan's rule into a third decade, or to opt for something they have never known — Turkey under a different leader.
Less than 12 months away from perhaps the biggest election in the country's modern history, a big majority of young Turks say they want change but remain somewhat skeptical that the opposition can properly improve the job situation, schools and freedoms like free speech.
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