28th finals to determine whether to re-elect
If you win, you can stay in power until 2033.
In the Turkish presidential election held on the 14th (local time), President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who has been in power for a long time since 2003 and is aiming for de facto lifelong rule, failed to secure a majority. Accordingly, a runoff will be held on the 28th with Kemal Kultzdaroglu, the head of the Republican People’s Party (CHP), who took second place. This election, which will determine the re-election of President Erdogan, who has been pro-Russian and anti-Western throughout his presidency, has been evaluated as ‘the most important election in the world this year’.
According to the National Election Commission on the 15th, based on the counting rate of 99%, President Erdogan obtained 49.4%, leading by 4.5 percentage points over the single candidate of the six opposition parties, Cultz Daroglu (44.9%).
President Erdogan assured his supporters that day, “If my country wants a second vote, I will welcome it.” Representative Clerz Daroglu also confronted, saying, “We will win in the final.” ‘Kingmaker’ is expected to be the third-place representative of the Victory Party, Sinan Ohan (5.3%). With far-right nationalist tendencies, there is a high possibility that the vote will be directed towards President Erdogan.
President Erdogan served as prime minister for a third term from 2003 to 2014, during the cabinet system. He ran for the presidential election in 2014, immediately after his resignation as prime minister, and was elected, and in 2017 passed the constitutional amendment bill for the five-year term president Zero to take power again. If he wins the runoff, he can stay in power until 2028. Under the current constitution, if he wins an early presidential election during this period, he can remain in power until 2033. Currently, he is 69 years old, and he can hold power for 30 years until he is 79 years old.
In the general election held on the same day, the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) led the coalition for women’s rights, winning 321 seats, more than half of the total 600 seats. The opposition coalition led by the Republican People’s Party won 213 seats.
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Source: Donga
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