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# Alec Luhn

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## Alec Luhn


## Alec Luhn


* ![The Presidential candidate of the Nation Alliance and the leader of the Republican People's Party \(CHP\) Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu looks on as he visits the earthquake-hit Adıyaman on April 21, the first day of Ramadan Feast. ](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt28e467a54e1e7150/698a3c4716d884d13cc3bc3a/Kemal-Kilicdaroglu-1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Apr 27, 2023  
### [Exclusive: The Man Who Could Beat Erdoğan](https://time.com/6274645/exclusive-kemal-kilicdaroglu-turkey-election/)  
TIME sits down with Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu, who is leading Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan in th...  
[WORLD](/section/world/)
* ![Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan tours the site of destroyed buildings during his visit to the city of Kahramanmaras in southeast Turkey, two days after the severe earthquake that hit the region on Feb. 8, 2023.](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd22bb245f5432625/698a3a70096a947c736ad819/erdogan-turkey-earthquake-response-02.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Feb 18, 2023  
### [How Erdoğan Hurt Turkey's Earthquake Response](https://time.com/6256540/erdogan-turkey-earthquake-response/)  
"We could have easily saved more:" As Turkey digs through rubble, deadly flaws in the government's r...  
[WORLD](/section/world/)
* ![Jehovah's Witnesses Trial, Taganrog, Russia](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8dab0135f7893a70/698a07a1b3fce352890c6075/jehovah-witnesses-russia.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Dec 18, 2019  
### [Russia Stepping Up Persecution of Jehovah's Witnesses](https://time.com/5751224/jehovahs-witness-russia-persecution/)  
The authorities say the group is a threat to public order  
[WORLD](/section/world/)
* ![putin-children-antic2adcorruption-protests-across-country](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltff0eee8d798e194a/6988d0b90b72e3dbe16ee263/putin-children-antic2adcorruption-protests-across-country.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Jun 8, 2017  
### [Putin’s Children: The Generation Born Under Russia’s President](https://time.com/4810466/generation-born-under-president-putin-russia/)  
The generation born under Russia's President is railing at how members of his circle have enriched t...  
[WORLD](/section/world/)
* ![Opposition activist, Maria Baronova, poses as runs for election in the 2016 Russian Parliamentary elections in Moscow, Russia, Aug. 17, 2016.](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt914a3bd69d6198a6/6988a64b5f570f6e4fb22899/maria-baronova.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Sep 16, 2016  
### [Meet the New Face of Russia's Opposition](https://time.com/4495571/how-maria-baronova-became-the-face-of-russias-opposition/)  
Once a supporter of Vladimir Putin, Baronova became an activist in the street protest movement. Now ...  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  

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