Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan addresses supporters at the AK Party's "Great Istanbul Rally" on May 7, 2023, in Istanbul, Turkey, ahead of the May 14 election.Ercan Arslan /dia images via Getty Images To win the election outright a candidate must secure more than 50% of the votes...
The results, whether they come within days or after a second round of voting takes place in two weeks, will determine if a NATO ally that straddles Europe and Asia but borders Syria and Iran remains under Erdogan's control or resumes the more democratic path promised by his main rival, opp...
土耳其大选埃尔多安胜选 | Erdogan has won Turkey’s presidential election, defeating opposition leader Kemal Kilicdaroglu in Sunday’s runoff vote and stretching his rule into a third decade. With 99.43% of the votes counted, preliminary official results announced by Turkey’s Supreme Election Counc...
Imamoglu, a 52-year-old former businessman, has been Istanbul's mayor since 2019. He attempted to run for president in Turkey's 2023 general election, but was banned by Erdogan's government from running, in a move CHP supporters say was purely political. In those elections,Erdogan's party...
This article examines the victory of Recep Tayyip Erdoan in Turkey's 2023 presidential election, the role of fear‐oriented populist nationalism in Turkish politics, and the implications of the results for society. It argues that Turkey faces a deep moral and social crisis rather than a mere ...
— Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu (@kilicdarogluk)May 28, 2023 The people have shown their will “to change an authoritarian government despite all the pressures”, he said. Supporters of the divisive populist were celebrating even before the final results arrived, waving Turkish or ruling party...
elections/appointments: president directly elected by absolute majority popular vote in 2 rounds if needed for a 5-year term (eligible for a second term); election last held on 24 June 2018 (next scheduled for June 2023)election results: Recep Tayyip ERDOGAN reelected president in the first ...
The CHP led nationwide by almost 1% of the votes, a first in 35 years, the results showed. Mert Arslanalp, assistant professor of political science at Istanbul's Bogazici University, said it was Erdoğan's "severest election defeat" since coming ...
The last national election saw Erdogan win 52.5 percent on a turnout of more than 86 percent. Turkey has no exit polls but tends to count ballots quickly. Polling stations close at 5:00 pm (1400 GMT) and all reporting restrictions are lifted four hours later. The first results are sometim...
The first is the support Erdogan received from Sinan Ogan, who was third in the first round of the presidential election two weeks ago, with 5.2% of the votes. Erdogan persuadedOgan to throw his supportto him. The second and most important factor was the way Erdogan was viewed in an almo...