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Turkey’s bid for UN chief tests Erdogan’s global ambitions

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“Turkey’s bid for UN chief tests Erdogan’s global ambitions”

For months, the leading candidates to be the next UN secretary general have struggled to win over a divided Security Council. Now Turkey is betting the impasse could be its opportunity. Ankara has nominated Feridun Sinirlioglu, a former foreign minister, to succeed Antonio Guterres, widening a contest once expected to be won by a candidate from Latin America. The bid also gives Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan a platform for his longstanding argument that countries such as his deserve a…

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