Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan confirmed Sunday the date of May 14 for the holding of presidential and legislative elections, during a meeting with youth in Bursa (west)
. May 14,
” said the head of state, candidate for his own succession, during this meeting, the video recording of which was provided by the presidency.
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It is not about early elections (...) but an adjustment to take into account (the date) of the exams
" he insisted.
The electoral campaign will therefore begin 60 days before, on "
March 10
", he also indicated.
Recep Tayyip Erdogan, first Prime Minister since 2003, amended the Constitution to become president, directly elected by universal suffrage, in 2014.
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This crucial electoral meeting, for its future and that of Turkey, was initially expected on June 18, but as observers expected, Recep Tayyip Erdogan had already brought forward this week the date of May 14, the anniversary of the electoral triumph. of the Democratic Party (conservative) in 1950. Without clearly announcing the day of the election, he had indicated on Wednesday that he would be held "
73 years
" after this victory.
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Our nation will address its response to the Table of Six (opposition platform, editor's note) the same day as 73 years ago
", he had launched before the elected representatives of his party in parliament, the AKP.
The opposition, which intends to present a united front of the six main parties - minus the HDP (pro-Kurdish democratic left), the third force in Parliament - and above all a single candidate, must announce the name of the latter later this month. from February.
May 14, 1950 marks the victory of Adnan Menderes, an emblematic figure for the Turkish conservative right, who put an end to the reign of the party of Mustafa Kemal "
Atatürk
", father of modern Turkey.
Menderes, founder in 1946 of the Democratic Party, had been overthrown by a military coup in 1960 then executed a year later and his party was dissolved.
The choice of the date of May 14 thus sends a signal to the conservative fringe of the electorate while the popularity of Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his party is undermined by the serious economic crisis that the country is going through.
