President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan is reelected in the run-off elections on May 28, Supreme Board of Elections head Ahmet Yener announced stating that the preliminary results indicate his victory. Stating that the 99,93 percent of the ballot boxes was counted Yener said that “even if the remaining votes are written to any candidate, the results
Türkiye is set to hold its presidential run-off today on May 28. As the boxes will open soon, I would like to write about an important international and economic outcome of the presidential race that may emerge depending on the result. It is based on President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s recent remarks on the economy. On
Türkiye is once again going to the polls on May 28 to elect its 13th president in the run-off elections amid the devastating effects of two major earthquakes, an economic crisis, increasing political polarization, and ballot-box security concerns. Some 64 million voters cast their ballots to choose between two candidates: President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and
Two days before the critical run-off for the presidential elections in Türkiye, things got quite odd in the country. Two candidates of the second round of the elections, Republican People’s Party (CHP) leader and six party opposition alliance’s candidate Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu and President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan were on screens one day apart on May 24
Before the second round of presidential elections on May 28, President Tayyip Erdoğan told CNN International that if elected, he would continue to cut interest rates following his unorthodox belief that “high interest rates cause high inflation” and that “he had already started to see positive results.” We all wish for a better tomorrow and
As Türkiye is set to hold the run-off presidential elections on May 28, the two runner-up camps of President Tayyip Erdoğan and CHP Leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu have further harshened their rhetoric towards nationalism. Erdoğan for example, escalated his accusations against Kılıçdaroğlu arguing that he has the support of the outlawed PKK. He even admitted on
One week to the critical second round of the Turkish presidential elections to be held on May 28, the third runner up Sinan Oğan has become the favorite subject of the commentators with his 5 percent votes. Following a series of meetings and statements, he said he will announce his endorsement for the runoff election
Turkish people cast their ballot to determine their future president and the parliamentary members on May 14 at a head to head race between election alliances which is considered to be the biggest challenge of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan in his 21 years of rule with the Justice and Development Party (AKP). The preliminary results
Smiling faces in the central Tandoğan square of the capital Ankara, as almost every each of them whom I ask if they would like to comment on elections say “everything will be beautiful,” with a full confidence that the opposition’s presidential candidate Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu will win the critical race to be held tomorrow, on May
