[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"


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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.
 

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Object. He could not beat this foe.
 

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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?
 

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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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