President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and the ruling party in Turkey are heading into the presidential and parliamentary elections, with polls shaping the public contest. A study by Genar indicates Erdogan holds a clear lead, hovering above 52 percent against his primary opposition rival, Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu, the candidate for the six-party alliance.
According to the survey, about 47.7 percent of respondents said they would support Erdogan’s challenger in a potential runoff for the presidency. In parliamentary terms, Kılıçdaroğlu’s Republican People’s Party is polling around 23.1 percent of votes.
Roughly 40.7 percent of Turkish voters express a preference for Erdogan’s party, with 7.6 percent backing the Nationalist Movement Party, the coalition partner. The Peoples’ Democratic Party, which emphasizes Kurdish minority rights in its platform, attracts about 10.8 percent, while the IYI Party stands at about 7 percent. Other parties are polling under 5 percent according to the same survey.
Erdogan’s team has announced that a presidential candidate has been officially presented for the upcoming race.