Turkish authorities do not plan to announce early general and presidential elections after the results of municipal elections in which the party of the country’s current President Recep Tayyip Erdogan was defeated. This was stated by Ömer Çelik, the official representative of the ruling Justice and Development Party. News.
“Of course, such calls have no meaning. <…> “There is no need to confuse the current municipal elections with the general elections,” he said.
Çelik also assured that Erdoğan and the government still have the authority to work in the country after the election results in 2023.
“More recently, we had parliamentary and presidential elections in May last year. The party representative stated that the president and the council of ministers still have more than 4.5 years to work.
Çelik also summarized that the real winners of the elections are not the party, but the citizens of Turkey.
“Türkiye is governed by democracy and the ballot box. our democracy [после муниципальных выборов] became stronger and took root again. “Our nation was the winner,” he said.
Municipal elections were held in Turkey on March 31. According to the results, Erdogan could not persuade voters in Istanbul and Ankara to vote for the candidates of the ruling party headed by the president.
As a result, the current Ankara and Istanbul mayors Mansur Yavaş and Ekrem İmamoğlu from the opposition. was recorded Your posts. The opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) achieved victory in many regions of the country.
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