Amid expectations of a run-off between the ruling People’s Alliance candidate, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, and the opposition candidate, Kemal Kilicdaroglu, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan criticized the opposition’s haste in announcing the results of the presidential and parliamentary elections.
Erdogan said in a tweet on Twitter, “While the elections took place in a positive and democratic atmosphere and in conjunction with the continuation of the counting of votes, the attempt to announce the results hastily by the opposition means usurping the national will.” Calmness is an expression of Turkey’s democratic maturity.” Erdogan called on all those he described as his friends and colleagues to stay at the polls no matter what happens, until the results are officially announced. Anadolu Agency reported that Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan received 49.63%, and his rival Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu received 44.63%, after counting more than 93.67% of the ballot boxes, which opens the door to a second round on May 28. The head of the Turkish Supreme Elections Authority, Ahmed Yanar, denied the existence of any delay or delay. In entering data related to the presidential and parliamentary elections in Turkey, he explained in an interview with journalists that the data they receive from the ballot boxes are provided to political parties moment by moment.
