At the front of an opposition rally in the Turkish industrial city of Bursa on May 11, a group of women lined up behind metal fencing waving flags and chanting about the cost of potatoes and onions.
“Erdogan’s got to go!” they shouted.
The rally, which attracted thousands of people, was held just days before Turkey votes in what is being called a pivotal election that could end Recep Tayyip’s Erdogan’s 20 years in power and usher in a new political era.
The rising cost of an onion, a kitchen staple, has become a symbol of Turkey’s rampant inflation and a fixture in political
