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.
Comprising about 12% of all voters in the presidential and parliamentary elections set for June 2023, young people will be decisive in what is shaping up to be a very tight race for Erdogan and his ruling AK Party, pollsters say.