(Tiper Stock Exchange) – Turkey is preparing for a turning pointbut the certainty will be in a couple of weeks, when the ballot between the current president Recep Tayyip Erdogan and the leader of the opposition Kemal Kilicdaroglu will decide the winner in the presidential elections.
What is certain is that, for the first time, Erdogan has not achieved an absolute majoritystaying above below the 50% threshold – 49.24% to be exact – kicking off the race for the ballot to be held on May 28th. The challenger Kilicdarogluwho seemed favorite on the eve, got only 45.06% of the votesbut reaffirmed confidence in the outcome of the ballot.
A very long night that of counting the votes, due to numerous disputes, which gave rise to recounts, almost everywhere in Turkey. However, Erdogan has assured that he will respect the results of the ballot.
The victory in the parliamentary elections of Erdogan’s party is clearerthe AKP, which has reached 37% of preferencescarrying the coalition which supports the President ad over 50% of votes. The opposition coalition achieved 35%, while the challenger’s party, the GHP, was below 25%.
Erdogan is one of the most stable leaders of the area on the borders of Europe, in power for about a decade, he won two mandates, the last one in 2018. He is the 12th Turkish president and follows Abdullah Gul, leader of the his own party and predecessor, elected president from 2007 to 2014. The leader of the opposition has been in charge of the Republican People’s Party since 2010.