Some 192,000 ballot boxes across 87 electoral districts are open between 8am and 5pm (05:00 and 14:00 GMT).

The withdrawal of a fourth presidential candidate – the Homeland Party’s Muharrem Ince – on Thursday is expected to translate into more votes for Kilicdaroglu.

In the parliamentary election, however, the AK Party is predicted to be the largest party in the Grand National Assembly. The most recent polls show Kilicdaroglu leading Erdogan in the presidential race, which will be rerun in two weeks if none of the three candidates passed the 50-percent threshold. So this is a very important election from that perspective.” Opposition presidential candidate Kemal Kilicdaroglu at a rally in Bursa, Turkey Erdogan behind in the polls “For the continuation of those projects and to offer new projects, especially to the youth, we are working day and night to find solutions to the newer challenges that may come up. “This election is extra important because currently, we are at a pace where a lot of very good projects are being brought to the public.” With this awakening, if we are successful in the elections, society will come to a much better point.”ĪK Party parliamentarian Ravza Kavakci Kan also highlighted the importance of the vote. “Perhaps this will be the most critical election in the history of the republic,” said Bulent Kusoglu, a deputy chairman with Kilicdaroglu’s Cumhuriyet Halk Party (Republican People’s Party, CHP). The main opposition challenger, Kemal Kilicdaroglu, has pledged further democratisation and to roll back Erdogan’s “one-man rule” while addressing what he calls economic mismanagement. It is the second national election under the presidential system that concentrated power in Erdogan’s hands. They are taking place against a background of a cost-of-living crisis that saw inflation peak at 85 percent in October and earthquakes in February that killed more than 50,000 in the country.Įrdogan, who came to power in 2003, is offering a vision of further development, promising to extend the improvements made by his Adalet ve Kalkınma Party (Justice and Development, AK Party) government. The presidential and parliamentary elections are billed by many as the most important since Turkey held its first fair multi-party vote in 1950, also on May 14. Keep reading list of 3 items list 1 of 3 Violent incidents mark final days of Turkey’s election campaign list 2 of 3 Don’t take our votes for granted, warn Kurdish voters in Turkey list 3 of 3 Turkey’s opposition opens up to the hijab end of list

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