CNN Türk announced that President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is ahead of his challenger Kemal Kilicdaroglu (CHP) According to 70 percent of the votes counted in the Turkish election, the ANKA news agency, which is considered to be oppositional, sees KilicDaroglu with 50.88 percent. The different numbers were foreseeable.

Behind the broadcaster is the Demirören Group, a conglomerate that also owns dozens of media outlets in Turkey. The group caused a stir with the purchase of the media group "Dogan Medya Grubu" in 2018.