[Grammar] Inverted Sentence

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Arthur Schopenhauer

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Is inverted sentence below? What does "a Foe" role, is subject or object? Which is the word relevant it this sentence?

"In Turkish Election, a Foe Recep Erdogan Could Not Beat: Voter Fatigue"


Thank you for your help.
 
What is the source?

It sounds like a newspaper headline, and headlines typically aren't actual sentences, nor do they follow the normal rules of grammar.
 
Object. He could not beat this foe.
 
What is the source?

It sounds like a newspaper headline, and headlines typically aren't actual sentences, nor do they follow the normal rules of grammar.

Yes, it is a newspaper headline. but, which is "a Foe" first not so end sentence? Is this too common?
 
Yes, it is a newspaper headline. but, why is "a Foe" first not at the end of the sentence? Is this [STRIKE]too [/STRIKE]common?
You've been told that headlines are not grammatical. That is possibly reason enough.
English is basically a SVO (Subject, verb, object) language. "Voter Fatigue (subj) was (verb) a Foe (object) [that] Recep Erdogan Could Not Beat. (relative clause complement) "
But there is a lot of flexibility in English.
 
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