Election officials said that the May 28 second round will allow Turks to decide if their nation remains under Erdogan's increasingly authoritarian grip for a third decade, or if it can embark on the more democratic course promised by Kemal Kilicdaroglu.
The May 28 second round of presidential elections that election officials announced Monday will allow Turkey to decide if the nation remains under the increasingly authoritarian president for a third decade, or if it can embark on the more democratic course thatAs in previous years, the nationalist Erdogan led a highly divisive campaign.
Some voters said the results announced Monday should strengthen Turkish democracy by reminding Erdogan of the important of convincing voters.“I believe this is good for the government, and better for our future, to look back at mistaken decisions,” Dayan said in Istanbul. “Erdogan is too confident in himself. The people broke this confidence a bit.”“I am not happy at all,” voter Suzan Devletsah said. “I worry about the future of Turkey.
Western nations and foreign investors were particularly interested in the outcome because of Erdogan’s unorthodox leadership of the economy, and often mercurial but successful efforts to put the country that spans Europe and Asia at the center of many major diplomatic negotiations. Uncertainty looms for the 3.4 million Syrian refugees who have been under Turkey’s temporary protection after fleeing the war in neighboring Syria. Both Kilicdaroglu and Ogan campaigned on sending Syrians back, arguing that they're a burden as Turkey faces an economic downturn, and Syrian President Bashar Assad and Erdogan'safter years of hostility.
“God willing we will have a historic win by increasing our votes from May 14 and emerging victorious on May 28 elections,” he said as he added he would seek votes from all people regardless of their political preferences. Results reported by the state-run Anadolu Agency showed Erdogan's party dominating in the earthquake-hit region, winning 10 out of 11 provinces in an area that has traditionally supported the president. That was despite criticism of a slow response by his government to the 7.8-magnitude earthquake that killed more than 50,000 people.
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