28/05/2023 Turkey’s Erdogan reelected president with 52.1% of vote AS IT HAPPENED Europe 28/05/2023 Voters in Istanbul head to polls for presidential runoff election Middle East 28/05/2023 Turkey's voters choose between Erdogan and Kilicdaroglu in critical presidential runoff TURKEY ...
Turkey’s President Erdogan is scrambling to defeat a soft-spoken former civil servant who he is neck and neck with in the latest polls. The presidential election will be held on May 14th.
A website about Turkish politics. These pages contain explainers on some of the biggest issues facing Turkey, regular opinion polls ahead of the next election and an extensive archive. Read More 2023 general election LIVE: Turkey decides between Erdoğ
"People have voted in favor of democracy. They have chosen democracy and they have rejected the language of polarization," said CHP leader Kemal Kilicdaroglu, referring to Erdogan who used a strong rhetoric against the opposition, branding the polls as a matter of "survival." In his speeches ...
Turkish Cypriots go to polls in election that could determine future of Cyprus; EU relations with Turkey
May 17, 2023, 8:49 PM Turkish presidential election goes to runoff as 'no party could actually win in the first round' Turkey will hold a May 28 runoff election to determine its next president. Nov 14, 2022, 10:42 AM Suspect reportedly detained in Istanbul explosion that left 6 ...
On October 14, another lawmakersaidTurks may be heading into polls come election month without Twitter, Facebook, or WhatsApp. “This censorship law allows the state to shut down Facebook, Twitter and Whatsapp,” said MP Garo Paylanreferring to the billauthorizing prosecutors and the BTK to ...
Turkey's election authority, the Supreme Electoral Board, said it was providing numbers to competing political parties "instantly" and would make the results public once the count was completed and finalized. The majority of ballots from the 3.4 million eligible overseas voters still needed to be ...
As polls show a tight race, critics have drawn parallels with the circumstances that brought his Islamist-rooted AK Party to power in 2002, in an election also shaped by high inflation and economic turmoil. His opponents have vowed to unpick many of the changes Erdogan has made to T...
Domestic politics is also playing an important part in Turkey’s diplomatic manoeuvrings. According to thelatest polls, Erdoğan faces stiff opposition in the 2023 presidential elections and his Justice and Development Party could lose its parliamentary majority to a united opposition alliance, thanks...