The incumbent president claims to be in the lead and, therefore, to exit winner on May 28 from second round. For his part, however, Kemal Kilicdaroglu he is convinced that he will prevail on the ballot Sultan. With the counting almost complete, after the scrutiny of 99.37% of the ballots, the president of the Turkish Electoral Council Ahmet Yener stated that Recep Tayyip Erdogan got 49.4% in yesterday’s elections Türkiyeaccording to the data provided as reported by the TV of Status Trtletting it be known that the main candidate of the opposition parties Kilicdaroglu got 44.96% of the votes, Sinan Ogan 5.2% and Muharrem Ince 0.44% of the votes. Meanwhile, the day after the vote, the Istanbul Stock Exchange it opened sharply down, with the Bist index dropping 6.6% to 4,502 points.
It is the first time in twenty years, since he came to power in Türkiyethat the head of state is forced to a ballotscheduled for May 28 against his Social Democratic opponent Kemal Kilicdaroglu. The latter led an unprecedented coalition of six opposition parties. “Regardless of the result, 27 million people chose to vote for us,” he continued Erdogan as vote counting operations continue and he has also claimed a “majority” of the 600 seats in Parliament for the National Alliance he formed between his AK party and smaller nationalist and Islamist parties. Erdogan, who met his supporters in the night in front of the PNA headquarters and claimed to have “2.6 million votes ahead of our rival” Kilicdaroglu, as well as recalling that these elections recorded a turnout that came close to almost 90%. A historic record for Turkey. For his part, Kilicdarogluleader del Chp and of the coalition of six parties that opposes Erdogan, is convinced of emerging victorious in the May 28 runoff. “Our people should be confident that we will definitely win and bring democracy to this country,” she said Kilicdaroglu to his supporters. Speaking of the Turkish president, Kilicdaroglu said that “for all his slander and name-calling, Erdogan did not get the result he expected. No one should be looking for the fait accompli. Elections are not won on balconies”.