Turkey

 

29 May 2023

Erdogan defeated his opposition. He shall rule Turkiy again for five years. 

Recep Tayyip Erdogan V/S Kemal Kilicdaroglu - 16 May 2023

Turkey could be set for a run-off presidential election with no clear winner emerging so far several hours after polls closed. The parties of Tayyip Erdogan and opposition rival Kemal Kilicdaroglu are each claiming the lead. Mr Erdogan has been in power for 20 years but is facing the biggest threat to his political supremacy since becoming president.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dWdEH2DG9Zc Sky News informs

16 May 2023

1.0 Listen to the life history of Erdogan - the strong leader of Turkey. Erdogan is trying to survive with elections in May 2023. Palki Sharma of First Post explains in this news series. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qKVB83YGO24 First Post informs

2. Turkey's elections are run off. There shall be a re-election on 28 May 2023.

Erdogan wants to continue with the Presidential system. Turkey Election Heads to Run-off: Does Erdogan Have the Edge? | Vantage with Palki Sharma

Turkiye's Erdogan exceeded expectations by polling more than 49% of the votes in Sunday's presidential elections. He goes into the second round as the favourite against rival Kemal Kilicdaroglu. What will a post-Erdogan Turkiye look like https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K6fhZdawABU Palki Sharma informs

3 DW news informs 

With counting nearly complete, both state media and the pro-opposition Anka news site say President Recep Tayip Erdogan has received just above 49 percent of the vote. His rival Kemal Kilicdaroglu is trailing with around 45 percent. With 99.78% of votes counted Erdogan was sitting with 49.25% according to private news agency ANKA's preliminary figures, while opposition leader Kemal Kilicdaroglu had 45.05%. The majority of ballots from the 3.4 million eligible overseas voters still needed to be tallied, according to the Supreme Electoral Board. Erdogan won around 60% of the overseas vote in the 2018 election. The leader of Turkey's opposition alliance Kemal Kilicdaroglu said early on Monday that he would accept the electorate's decision for a second round vote. Kilicdaroglu expressed confidence that he would win in a runoff against incumbent President Recep Tayipp Erdogan as he spoke alongside leaders of the six-party alliance. "If our nation says second round, we will absolutely win in the second round," Kilicdaroglu told reporters. "The will for change in society is higher than 50%."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YzC5GI8_Jro

4. Al Jazeera informs

One of the most closely contested elections in Turkiye's recent history has ended without a clear winner.

Neither President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, nor his main challenger, Kemal Kilicdaroglu, were able to clinch a majority. Erdogan is perhaps the most important figure in Turkiye since Mustafa Kemal Ataturk -- the founder of the republic -- a century ago. And Kilicdaroglu -- who is backed by a rare alliance of diverse political parties -- has a real chance of unseating him. So, what's next? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cB-z2PlLKKg