“We are in the lead”, claims opponent Kemal Kiliçdaroglu
The Turkish opposition candidate for the presidency Kemal Kiliçdaroglu claimed to be “in the lead” in the presidential election ahead of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
“We are in the lead,” he said on Twitter, challenging the figures from the official Anadolu agency which gives 52.5% of the votes to the head of state after the counting of more than 40% of the ballots.
Erdogan leads the presidential election on 25% of ballots counted
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is given the lead in the presidential election on Sunday evening after the counting of 25% of the ballots, according to official media.
The outgoing president, in power for twenty years, obtained 54.3% of the vote at this stage against 39.8% for his opponent Kemal Kiliçdaroglu, according to still very provisional results reported by the state agency Anadolu.
Polling stations close in Türkiye, without notable incident
Polling stations close at 4 p.m. French time in Turkey, pending results around 8 p.m.
No notable incident was noted, according to AFP journalists.
End of reign for Erdogan after 20 years in power?
Will Turkey’s strongman hand over? The re-election of Islamo-conservative President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, president for 9 years, but in power for 20 years, is not guaranteed, while the latest polls announce a very close ballot and that more than 5 million young people will vote for the first time.
Turkey, worn down by an economic crisis, is hit by inflation that exceeded 85% in the fall and was still marked by the deadly earthquake that occurred last February.
Strong mobilization of citizens this Sunday for an undecided ballot
Voters at the rendezvous? Queues have been long at polling stations this Sunday across the country since they opened this morning.
The duel promises to be tight to choose the country’s thirteenth president. A total of 64 million voters, who will also elect their parliament, are registered in nearly 200,000 offices across this country of 85 million inhabitants.
‘We missed democracy’: main opponent of Erdogan votes in Ankara
The main opposition candidate Kemal Kiliçdaroglu voted in Ankara.
“We missed democracy,” said the social democrat, all smiles.
“You will see, spring will return to this country, God willing, and it will last forever,” he added, using one of his campaign slogans.
Erdogan votes in Istanbul and says he wishes “a profitable future” for the country and for democracy
Outgoing Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan wished Sunday “a profitable future” for the country and its democracy after voting in Istanbul.
“It is important that all voters vote without concern to show the strength of Turkish democracy,” added the leader, without predicting his victory.
Erdogan facing Kiliçdaroglu: who are the candidates for the election?
The ballot is polarized between two main candidates: on the one hand the Islamo-conservative President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, 69, in power for twenty years, on the other Kemal Kiliçdaroglu, 74, at the head of a social- democrat and secular.
The current head of state remains the champion of the conservative majority, while Kemal Kiliçdaroglu, an economist by training and former senior civil servant, has been the leader of the Republican People’s Party since 2010.
Between these two men, voters will have to choose: one-man rule or a collegial leadership, autocracy or the promised restoration of the rule of law.
A third candidate, Sinan Ogan, is credited with a few points.
Voters called to the polls this Sunday in Türkiye
Election day in Türkiye. Deeply divided, the country must choose its president this Sunday, while Recep Tayyip Erdogan has been in power for 20 years.
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