Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Sunday that he had won the presidential election.
“Our nation has made a choice and once again empowered us to lead the country for another five years,” Erdogan said, addressing his supporters at a rally.
He thanked all Turkish citizens who voted for him.
The presidential election in Turkey is already being called the main election of 2023 in the world. The pre-election economic and political situation in Turkey was analyzed by the Club of Experts research center, watch the video with the Club’s experts here:
The presidential election in Turkey is already being called the main election of 2023 in the world. The pre-election economic and political situation in Turkey was analyzed by the research center of the Club of Experts, watch the video with the Club’s experts here:
On May 28, the second round of presidential elections is taking place in Turkey. After the first round, none of the candidates received more than 50% of the votes, which would guarantee victory and election as president of this country. The incumbent President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu of the united opposition are fighting for this post.
Polling stations started working at 8:00 local time and will be open until 17:00. There are 191,885 ballot boxes in 973 constituencies and 1,094 district election commissions across the country. In total, more than 60 million citizens of the country are expected to take part.
Abroad, 3.5 million Turkish citizens registered there could cast their votes for the new president. Election commissions worked in 73 countries, and voting in foreign representations ended on May 24. The ballot boxes from abroad were delivered to Ankara by air and diplomatic mail. They will be opened together with other ballot boxes after voting is over.
Turkey’s presidential election has already been called the world’s most important election of 2023. The analysis of the pre-election economic and political situation in Turkey was carried out by the Club of Experts Research Center, see the video of the Club’s experts at the link:
The two presidential candidates in Turkey visited polling stations almost simultaneously and voted in the second round of presidential elections.
According to the Turkish press, President Recep Erdoğan voted at a polling station in the Asian part of Istanbul, while his opponent Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu voted in Ankara.
Polling stations opened in Turkey at 08:00 am local time (the same time as Kiev), they will close at 17:00, after which the ban on the publication of voting data will be lifted.
Earlier, the “Club of Experts” analyzed the prospects of candidates in the second round of elections. You can view the video here:
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The YouTube channel of the Kiev analytical center “Club of Experts” has released a new video in which the founder of the project, PhD in Economics Maksim Urakin and the editor-in-chief of the “Ukraine in Arabic” portal Mohammad Farajallah forecast the results of the upcoming second round of presidential elections in Turkey and also analyzed possible developments after the end of the vote.
According to the experts, the incumbent president Recep Tayyip Erdogan has much more chances to win than his rival, Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu, the leader of the united opposition. This prediction is due both to the behavior of the top politicians themselves before and after the first round of elections, as well as the position of third-place winner Sinan Ogan, who has already expressed his support for Erdoğan with 5 percent of the vote.
“Erdoğan conducted his election campaign well by not engaging in open polemics with the opposition on earthquake relief, democracy development and the economic situation. Instead, he focused voters’ attention on the themes of security and the “dignity of the nation” as well as Islamic identity. In addition, the increase in wages and the cancellation of utility bills on the eve of the election also played a role “- says Mohammad Farajallah.
According to the expert, these actions also helped Erdoğan win over nationalist forces, whose single candidate, Sinan Oğan, openly supported the incumbent president on the eve of the second round.
“The opposition, on the contrary, started to behave rather nervously after the first round, which was mainly reflected in Kemal Kilicdaroglu’s aggressive rhetoric with regard to the Syrian refugees who received Turkish passports under the social programs initiated by Erdogan,” he stressed.
In his turn, Maksim Urakin noted that Turkish voters were generally disappointed by Kylicdaroglu’s rhetoric as they expected concrete programs of economic and political actions from the opposition alliance after the elections.
“No specifics were heard from the opposition regarding social support for youth, the older generation, support for entrepreneurs and normalization of the situation in the economy,” says Maxim Urakin.
In his opinion, expectations of Kılıçdaroğlu’s victory already in the first round were somewhat “overheated” by a number of opinion polls, which predicted this candidate a serious advantage over Erdoğan (up to 5-7%), but were subsequently not confirmed at the elections themselves.
At the same time, according to experts, there is still a serious split among Turks with regard to the policy of the current president, and Erdoğan, if he wins the elections, will have to work hard to consolidate society within a single national consensus.
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Former Turkish presidential candidate Sinan Ogan of the ATA (Ancestral Alliance) alliance on Monday expressed support ahead of the second round for current President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, the Hürriyet newspaper reported.
Ogan, who finished third in the first round of the presidential election and consequently dropped out of further competition, urged his supporters on Sunday to vote for Erdogan.
The second round of the presidential election will be held on May 28. Current President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu, head of the Republican People’s Party (CHP), have entered it.
In the first round, Erdoğan received 49.52% of the vote, while Kılıçdaroğlu received 44.88%.
Ogan has about 5%, so experts noted that, given these results, in the second round it is very important to see who this former candidate will support.
Earlier, the Club of Experts analyzed the chances of candidates in the Turkish elections and gave a forecast of the situation. The video is available at the link:
Turkish citizens living abroad have begun the voting process in the second round of presidential elections. A total of 156 polling stations were opened in 73 countries around the world.
Note that only in Germany there are about one and a half million registered Turkish voters.
In the second round of elections, Turkey’s incumbent president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and a single opposition candidate Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu are represented. Turkish citizens at overseas polling stations can cast their votes until May 24.
In Rome, the Italian capital, Turkish voters lined up in front of the embassy despite inclement weather. Voting points will be available from May 20 to 22 at the embassy in Rome and at the consulate general in Milan.
Votes cast in favor of candidates in Madrid and Barcelona will be delivered to Turkey on regular Turkish Airlines flights under the supervision of diplomatic couriers, Turkish media reported.
In Turkey itself, the second round of elections is scheduled for Sunday, May 28. In the first round, Recep Tayyip Erdogan won four and a half percentage points more than his main rival Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu.
Earlier, the Club of Experts analyzed the chances of the candidates in the Turkish elections and gave a forecast of the development of the situation. The video is available at the link:
