2023-05-28 18:08:46
The outcome of the presidential election in Türkiye approximate. Polling stations closed on Sunday after the second round. No big suspense on the results, the outgoing president, Recep Tayyip Erdoganhaving left as a favorite after two decades in power, against his social-democratic rival Kemal Kiliçdaroglu.
According to the official Anadolu agency, after counting more than 80% of the ballots, the head of state in power for twenty years won more than 53% of the votes cast, against less than 47 for his social-democratic rival Kemal Kiliçdaroglu.
These figures published two hours after the close of the poll are still subject to change. Thus, the Anka press agency, close to the opposition, places the two candidates almost equally on 87% of the ballots: 50.02% of the votes in Kiliçdaroglu against 49.98% for Erdogan.
A participation rate of 90%
Tired face, moving slowly, I voted for Recep Tayyip Erdogan at midday in the Usküdar district on the Asian side of Istanbul. “No country in the world has participation rates of 90%, Turkey has almost reached them. I ask my fellow citizens to come and vote without weakening,” he argued. In the first round, participation had reached 87%.
Almost simultaneously, all smiles despite the unfavorable forecasts, Kemal Kiliçdaroglu cast his ballot in Ankara, encouraging his fellow citizens to vote “so that real democracy and freedom can come to this country, to get rid of an authoritarian government. »
The two candidates called on their supporters to watch over the ballot boxes until the final results. “Now is the time to protect the will of our nation above our heads until the last moment!” Erdogan tweeted immediately after the polls closed. The first results are expected early in the evening, officials of the ruling party, the Islamo-conservative AKP, suggested. On Sunday, the Erdogan camp showed its confidence in preparing the speech of the outgoing president, in the evening, from the presidential palace in Ankara.
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