2023-05-14 18:06:17
The expectation is maximum. The first unofficial results published give the current president, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, a clear advantage (51.06 percent) over his main rival, Kemal Kiliçdaroglu (43.12 percent) with 70 percent of votes already counted. as reported by the official Turkish news agency, Anatolia. Even so, this Sunday could end the term of the Turkish president at the head of the Anatolian country after more than two decades in power. The result is not official yet.
The polling stations in Turkey have closed their doors, without exit polls as is the tradition in the country just an hour ago, and the first preliminary results could be known between 7:00 p.m. and 8:00 p.m., Spanish peninsular time. The elections, in which there has been a very high participation of around 90%, they have developed without major incidents and have only been characterized in the end by an unforeseen trip to Ankara by Erdogan who, as a rule, was in Istanbul to await the results of election night. Erdogan aspires to revalidate a new mandate despite the fact that the surveys Kemal Kiliçdaroglu, backed by a coalition of opposition parties, has been favored for days.
Kiliçdaroglu, has asked the auditors of the political parties that support him not to leave the polling stations “until the last signed act is delivered.” “I want to appeal to our heroes of democracy Do not leave the polling stations under any circumstances until the last signed ballot box is delivered,” Kiliçdaroglu posted on Twitter. “The decision depends on your determination. full and correct manifestation of the will of the nation. You’ll see, it will be worth your fatigue”, he added.
For his part, Erdogan has assured that both he and his party will ensure transparency in the count. “Voting has concluded, thank goodness, across the country in a manner consistent with our democracy. Now, as always, is the time to firmly protect the ballot box. Continue to protect the will of our nation until the results are final“, Erdogan said on the social network Twitter. The electoral process in Turkey, guarded by hundreds of thousands of volunteers and by international observers it is solid and difficult to manipulate, but accusations of possible fraud have recently been leveled in the areas affected by the earthquake due to the difficulty of updating the census.
Areas affected by the earthquake
In addition, Erdogan has highlighted that there have been no incidents during election day and has highlighted the work so that people could vote in the areas affected by the earthquake on February 6 that caused more than 50,000 deaths in Türkiye alone. “The most important thing is that the people in the earthquake zones have been able to vote too with enthusiasm and love. It is happening right now. Participating is important to show the strength of Turkish democracy. Allah willing it will be a quiet day, for the good of Turkish democracy”, he added.
“I hope that after the evening count we will pray to Allah for a better future for our country and for Turkish democracy. It is very important that all our citizens vote until the end of the day without worrying and thus demonstrate the strength of Turkish democracy,” Erdogan told the press after casting his vote at the Saffet Çebi school in the Üsküdar neighborhood of Istanbul, according to the Turkish newspaper ‘Daily Sabah’ If none of the candidates obtains at least 50% of the votes, the election will enter a second phase that will be decided on next sunday may 28 in another vote.
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The latest polls predict a narrow victory for the opposition leader, the Social Democrat Kemal Kiliçdaroglu over Erdogan. If he wins, the opposition has promised to reverse the change to the presidential political system in force since 2014 to the detriment of the parliamentary system.
A spokesman for the opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP), Faik Öztrak, on Sunday criticized the Turkish state news agency, Anatolia, for its “manipulation” after the publication of partial unofficial results. “The Anatolia agency is doing its traditional manipulation for the last time. It seems that participation has reached record levels,” Öztrak said in statements collected by the Bianet news portal. Öztrak has highlighted that “the data that reaches us is very positive”. “We are going to start announcing results when the number of open ballot boxes is significant,” he assured.
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