In less than three weeks, on May 14, 2023, Recep Tayyip Erdogan will put his mandate as president at stake in an election considered crucial for Turkey's future. For the first time in the Turkish leader's 20 years in power, the opposition has united behind a candidate and looks set to win.
This prospect raises great hopes among political prisoners and their relatives. For 52 weeks, Meric Kahraman has only been able to see her husband for an hour every Friday in Silivri prison with their three-and-a-half-year-old daughter.