This expectation It is maximum and everything indicates that it will continue for at least two more weeks. Preliminary results from the Turkish presidential election, although not official as of press date, give current president Recep Tayyip Erdogan a slight 49.76% advantage over his main rival.Kemal Kilicdaroglu, According to the official Turkish news agency Anadolu, with 90% of the votes counted, 44.48%, a figure below 50%, would require a repeat of the vote in the second round.
The debate about the recount of the votes has been going on since almost the first hour. Election colleges in Turkey closed their doors at around 17:00 Spanish peninsula time, without exit polls, as is customary in the country, and soon the state news agency began publishing election data. first votes This particularly angered the opposition, who assured them that they were tactics. handlingsince then, with barely 17% of the vote counted, they predicted that Erdogan would win a landslide.
Faik Öztrak, spokesman for the opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP), criticized Anatolia for “manipulating” after the partial unofficial results were announced. In the statements compiled by the bianet news portal, Öztrak said, “The Anatolian agency is doing its traditional manipulation for the last time. Participation seems to have reached record levels.” Öztrak underlined that “the data we received is very positive”. Despite preliminary data, the opposition hoped to end the Turkish president’s tenure at the helm of the Anatolian country more than two decades later.
Very high participation
Choices lived beyond criticism, Very high participation around 90%They developed without major events and were eventually characterized by an unexpected trip to Ankara by Erdogan, who was in Istanbul, as a rule, to await the results of election night. Erdogan desires to reaffirm a new mandate. surveys Supported by a coalition of opposition parties, Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu has been favored for days.
Kılıçdaroğlu asked the auditors of the political parties that support him not to leave the polling stations “until the last signed law is delivered”. “I want to appeal heroes of democracy Kılıçdaroğlu shared on his Twitter account, “Do not leave the ballot boxes until the last signed ballot box is delivered. The decision depends on your determination. It is the full and correct manifestation of the will of the people. You will see, it will be worth your tiredness,” he said.
Erdogan, on the other hand, assured that both he and his party would ensure transparency in the census. “Thankfully, the voting process across the country ended in a way that befits our democracy. Now, as always, it’s time to firmly hold the ballot box. Keep upholding the will of our nation until the end. results are final“, Erdogan said on the social network Twitter. The election process in Turkey, protected It is robust and difficult to manipulate by hundreds of thousands of volunteers and international observers, but possible fraud charges have recently been leveled in earthquake-affected areas due to the difficulty of updating the census.
Areas affected by the earthquake
In addition, Erdogan underlined that there was no incident on the election day and emphasized that efforts were focused on so that the people could vote in the regions affected by the earthquake that took place on February 6 and caused more than a thousand earthquakes. 50,000 deaths in Turkey alone. “Most importantly, people in the earthquake zones were also able to vote with love and enthusiasm. It is happening now. Participation is important to show the strength of Turkish democracy. It will be a quiet day, God willing. For the good of Turkish democracy,” he added.
“I hope we pray to Allah after the evening count. a better future for our country and for Turkish democracy. Using the ballot at Saffet Cebi school in Istanbul’s Üsküdar district, Erdoğan said in a statement to members of the press, “It is very important that all our citizens vote without hesitation until the end of the day and thus demonstrate the power of Turkish democracy.” Turkish newspaper ‘Daily Sabah’ If none of the candidates gets at least 50 percent of the votes, the second phase of the election will take place. next sunday may 28th on another vote
Recent polls predict opposition leader Social Democrat Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu narrowly won against Erdoğan. If the opposition wins, it has promised to reverse the change to the presidential political system, which has been in place since 2014, to the detriment of the parliamentary system.