Where Turkey is, there and subtly
Фото: Life.ru Presidential and parliamentary elections in Turkey were held on May 14. After processing 92% of the ballot boxes, Recep Tayyip Erdogan gains 49.76% of the vote, his rival Kemal Kilychdaroglu — 44.49%.
The voting turnout was 85.6%. On May 28, the second round will take place. ATA Alliance candidate Sinan Ogan participated in the elections. He receives 5.3% of the vote, according to a correspondent for The Moscow Post.
The Anadolu agency, following its own counting of data from 95% of ballot boxes, reports that Erdogan is gaining 49.73% of the vote, Kylychadroglu — 44.52%.
The main opponent of Erdogan — a single candidate from the Republican Alliance — is a single candidate from the opposition People’s Alliance Kemal Kylychdaroglu. The People’s Alliance represents a coalition of six groups. The opposition wants to return to power a parliament and a government that reflects this diversity.
Yesterday, "the vote ended throughout the country, as befits our democracy...," Recep Erdogan wrote. He decided to declare these elections ahead of schedule in order to prevent a decrease in the popularity of the ruling party against the background of a worsening situation in the economy and an increase in opposition ratings.
Erdogan earlier urged on Twitter "all participants in the electoral process and colleagues to stay at the ballot boxes until the results are officially announced." He added that "while the elections were held in such a positive and democratic atmosphere, and the counting of votes is still ongoing, attempts to announce the results hastily mean usurpation of the people’s will." He made this remark to the opposition.