The current president, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, said that he is leading the general elections in Turkey, according to preliminary data. writes about it TASS.
The politician also accused the opposition of trying to deceive people by claiming that their candidate is ahead in the presidential election.
He added that the Supreme Electoral Commission will need “a little more time” to count the votes in the presidential election.
Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu, the former presidential candidate of Turkey’s seven opposition parties He insisted supporters do not sleep and the opposition does not leave the polling stations against the background of their dissatisfaction with the announcement of the election results.
If the winner of the presidential race is not determined in the first round, the second will be held on May 28.
Prior to that, ANKA reported that the gap between incumbent President Tayyip Erdoğan and opposition candidate Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu in the presidential elections in Turkey narrowed to just over 2 percent.