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:
