Turkish Presidential Election 2023: The current President Recep Tayyip Erdogan did not win the presidential election in the West Asian country Turkey. At the same time, Kemal Kilicdaroglu, the candidate declared by 6 opposition parties, also did not get majority in his contest. If there is no majority, now there is a possibility of re-election for the post of President in Turkey.
According to Turkey’s Anadolu Agency, now there will be re-elections in the country on May 28. The reason for re-election is that no candidate could get more than 50% votes in the counting of votes. Whereas, to win the presidential election, more than 50% votes will be required. In Anadolu’s initial results, Turkey’s current President Recep Tayyip Erdogan was ahead of his opposition rival Kemal Kelikdaroglu, but the gap narrowed. Please tell that Kemal Kelikdaroglu is considered as Gandhi of Turkey. That’s why people also call him ‘Kamal Gandhi’.
Voting will be held again in two weeks
An opinion poll by Turkish Presidential Election Forecast (600vekil.com) on the morning of Sunday, May 14 showed Kemal Kelikdaroglu getting 49.3% of the votes in the first round while Erdogan got 47%. After that, after counting the majority of the votes, Erdogan claimed that he could still win the country’s presidential election. He said that if these elections are held again in two weeks, he will respect that decision of the country as well. According to the New York Times, Erdogan will use those two weeks to persuade his voters.
- Erdogan has been the Prime Minister of Turkey for 11 out of 20 years and the President for 9 years.
Erdogan has been anti-India, pro-Pakistan
For the last nearly 20 years, the attitude of Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who is in power in Turkey, has been anti-India and pro-Pakistan. He always spoke the language of Pakistan’s support on the Kashmir issue. He had said in the UN that atrocities are being committed on the people in Kashmir. It should be dealt with according to the UN Charter.
The devastation caused by the earthquake had a big impact on the elections.
Significantly, in the month of February this year, there was a devastating earthquake of 7.8 magnitude in Turkey. That earthquake took the lives of about 50 thousand people there. The earthquake had the biggest impact on 11 cities. Out of which 8 cities are considered to be the stronghold of Erdogan. In the last 2 elections, he got more than 60% votes from these cities. But, this time Erdogan could not win. Turkey’s economy has also been badly affected by the earthquake. Displacement and unemployment increased significantly in the country. There are lakhs of people who do not have their permanent houses left.
