ISTANBUL (dpa-AFX) – After the presidential elections in Turkey, third-placed and outsider Sinan Ogan and his supporters want to explore how to proceed. In view of the likely runoff between incumbent Recep Tayyip Erdogan and challenger Kemal Kilicdaroglu, he considered it a success that his camp could play an important role. “Our people can rest easy. We will never allow Turkey to get into a crisis,” said Ogan on Monday night in Ankara.
According to the electoral authority, Erdogan is ahead in the race for the presidency, but will probably have to face a runoff. Accordingly, the President received 49.49 percent of the votes, opposition leader Kilicdaroglu 44.79 percent. The final results have not yet been announced. It was unclear when to expect that.
Ogan of the ultra-nationalist Ata Alliance came a distant third with around 5.3 percent. Should he make an election recommendation, this should be important for the outcome of the probable runoff election. Muharrem Ince of the Fatherland Party withdrew his candidacy shortly before the election, but his name was still on the ballot papers. 0.43 percent were counted for Ince./arb/DP/mis