Turkey election: Ahead of run-off election – election observer calls for equal opportunities

Erdogan or Kilicdaroglu: In Turkey, a run-off election will decide the future president. The live ticker.

• Allegations of manipulation in the presidential election: Election observers speak out.
• Run-off election is certain: No candidate achieves an absolute majority in the Turkish election.
• Result in Turkish election: Recep Tayyip Erdogan points to "clear leadership".
• Dispute over results between government and opposition around Kemal Kilicdaroglu flares up in Turkey.

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Update from 15 May, 7.45 a.m.: Ahead of the run-off election for the presidency in Turkey, the coordinator of the OSCE and Council of Europe election observation missions, Michael Link, has called for more equal opportunities. The mistake should not be repeated that the government side is clearly preferred in the media, the FDP politician told the Tagesspiegel.

Commenting on the first round of voting last Sunday, Link said there had been irregularities, but not so much on election day itself, but during the election campaign before. "This election was marked by a very prominent presence of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in the media, and it was consistently positive. Opposition candidate Kemal Kilicdaroglu, on the other hand, had great problems appearing in the media. If he succeeded, it was usually negative," says Link.

Supporters of Turkish President Erdogan cheer at the party's headquarters in Ankara, Turkey. © Ali Unal/dpa

So far, his team has not found any errors in the counting "in the sense of manipulation or falsification," Link said. However, the "very non-transparent way in which the supreme electoral authority presents the results" urgently needs to be improved.

Turkey election: polling stations in Germany in Erdogan's hands

Update from May 15, 20:45 p.m.: The polling stations in Germany are still clearly in Erdogan's hands. According to observers, the fact that German-Turks are supporting the incumbent is not only due to historical reasons. Experts also see a major role for the mosque associations Ditib and IGMG. The background here.

Turkey election: Foreign Minister Baerbock (Greens) pays tribute to high voter turnout

Update from May 15, 18:57 p.m.: Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock (Greens) has praised the presidential and parliamentary elections in Turkey as an expression of the strength of democracy in the country. During a visit to Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, Baerbock pointed to the "enormously high voter turnout". "This makes it clear how strongly they are committed to the democratic process."

It is clear "that the federal government is ready to work with the legitimately elected government after the election process has been completed," Baerbock continued.

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Turkey election: Ogan wants concessions from Erdogan for election recommendation

Update from May 15, 17:59 p.m.: Third-placed Sinan Ogan has announced that he will only recommend Recep Tayyip Erdogan or CHP candidate Kemal Kilicdaroglu in exchange for concessions. The far-right candidate wants an assurance that "Syrians and all other refugees" will leave Turkey and join the "fight against terrorism," Ogan told the dpa news agency. He received a good 5.1 percent of the vote.

Turkey election: Kilicdaroglu appeals to voters in video

Update from May 15, 17:10 p.m.: Opposition candidate Kemal Kilicdaroglu has shown himself combative after the second round of the Turkish elections was officially confirmed. "I'm here, I'm here," he said in a video posted on Twitter. He pounded his heart and appealed to his constituents, "And you are here." He would fight to the end, he swore. Finally, he knocked on the table three more times and said loudly, "I'm here."

Turkey election: Election observer criticises

Update from May 15, 16:41 p.m.: The opposition has renewed its accusations of manipulation against the AKP government in the first round of the Turkish elections. Now the first election observers are also expressing criticism. Frank Schwabe, SPD politician and head of the Council of Europe's election observation mission, complained that the principles of a democratic election had not been fully guaranteed in Turkey.

Turkey goes into historic run-off election on 28 May

Update from May 15, 14:55 p.m.: Now it's official: Turkey's presidential election will enter its second round for the first time in the country's history. The run-off election is scheduled for May 28. This has now been announced by the head of Turkey's highest electoral authority YSK, Ahmet Yener.

Update from May 15, 14:00 p.m.: The chances for one of the two candidates to achieve an absolute majority in the first round of the Turkish election are diminishing. A run-off election on May 28 is thus becoming increasingly likely. The decisive factor for the result is likely to be which election recommendation Sinan Ogan of the ultra-nationalist alliance ATA Ittifaki will make. The likely scenario is likely to be a recommendation in favor of Erdogan due to the ideological proximity to the national-conservative AKP. However, Ogan had clearly distanced himself from Erdogan during the election campaign. There is also speculation in the Turkish media as to whether Ogan could side with Kilicdaroglu.

Erdogan praises Turkey's election

Update from May 15, 12:50 p.m.: Recep Tayyip Erdogan apparently sees no irregularities in the course of the Turkish election. A "festival of democracy was held," the head of state said from the balcony of the AKP headquarters in Ankara.

Update from May 15, 11:40 a.m.: Opposition candidate Kemal Kilicdaroglu repeated the accusations of manipulation against the AKP government. Erdogan's party had lodged complaints against the vote counts, especially where the opposition was considered favored. AKP representatives have objected to "300 ballot boxes in Ankara and 700 in Istanbul," Kilicdaroglu said.

Turkey election: Ultra-right-wing party apologizes

Update from May 15, 10:50 a.m.: The leader of Turkey's ultra-right-wing party "Zafer Partisi" (to German: Victory Party), Ümit Özdag, has apologized to his voters because his party failed to enter parliament. "We have ensured that the election goes into the second round, but we do not consider this a success," Özdag wrote on Twitter. His party is part of the nationalist "ATA Alliance". According to unofficial results, the alliance's candidate, the nationalist Sinan Ogan, won 5.2 percent of the vote and could thus tip the scales in the second round.

Elections in Turkey: Sinan Ogan could become kingmaker

Update from May 15, 8:25 a.m.: After the presidential election in Turkey, the outsider Sinan Ogan could tip the scales. In view of the likely run-off election between incumbent Recep Tayyip Erdogan and challenger Kemal Kilicdaroglu, he considered it a success that his camp could play an important role in this. "Our people can rest assured. We will never allow Turkey to enter a crisis," Ogan said at night.

According to the electoral authority, Erdogan is ahead in the race for the presidency, but is expected to face a run-off election. According to the report, the president received 49.49 percent of the vote, opposition leader Kilicdaroglu 44.79 percent. The final results have not yet been announced. It was unclear when to expect it. Ogan of the ultra-nationalist Ata Alliance came in third with around 5.3 percent of the vote. Should he make an election recommendation, this is likely to be important for the outcome of the probable run-off election.

Turkey election: Result not yet official - Erdogan refers to "clear leadership"

Update from May 15, 3:55 a.m.: In Turkey's presidential election, the two main rivals seem to be bracing themselves for a run-off election in two weeks. Opposition candidate Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu said after almost all votes were counted early on Monday that in the event of a run-off election, "we will definitely win the second round." Incumbent Recep Tayyip Erdogan referred to his "clear leadership" in front of supporters in Ankara, but also said he was ready for a run-off election.

The Turkish head of state also claimed a clear majority for his Islamic-conservative AKP and its allies in the parliamentary elections taking place at the same time.

Turkey election: Challenger Kilicdaroglu expresses doubts

Update from May 14, 23:54 p.m.: Challenger Kilicdaroglu expressed massive doubts about the official counting results during a speech. The YSK High Electoral Committee is blocking "Turkey's will" because millions of votes have still not been counted. Kilicdaroglu stressed: "We will stay here until every single vote is counted."

Meanwhile, in Hatay province, a curious result is emerging: according to current counts, the Workers' Party of Turkey (TIP) received 44,792 votes. This would elect the lawyer Can Atalay, who was nominated at number one on the list, as a member of parliament. However, Atalay was sentenced to 18 years in prison for allegedly aiding the coup attempt against President Erdogan and is therefore currently in prison.

Update from May 14, 23:01 p.m.: The CHP sees Kilicdaroglu further ahead in the Turkish election. According to the party's figures, the challenger has 49%, Erdogan only 45. A run-off election is becoming more and more likely. Ankara's mayor Mansur Yavaş is now also expecting a second round of voting.

Update from May 14, 22:46 p.m.: President Erdogan is said to have left his home in Istanbul's Üsküdar district and is on his way to Ankara by plane. There, the AKP leader wants to make a statement on the Turkish election shortly.

Update vom 14. Mai, 22.35 Uhr: Neue Zahlen aus der Hauptstadt der Türkei: In Ankara liegt laut Anadolu nun Kilicdaroglu vor Erdogan.

Update vom 14. Mai, 22.17 Uhr: Laut Ergebnissen von Anadolu schrumpft Erdogans Vorsprung weiter. Dem Amtsinhaber werden aktuell noch 49,9 % zugerechnet. Eine absolute Mehrheit würde er demnach verpassen. Eine Stichwahl wäre notwendig, um den Sieger der Türkei-Wahl zu ermitteln.

Auszählung der Stimmen bei Türkei-Wahl wohl bald abgeschlossen

Update vom 14. Mai, 22.10 Uhr: Die Auszählung der Türkei-Wahl nähert sich dem Ende. Rund zwölf Millionen Stimmen müssen laut offiziellen Angaben noch gezählt werden.

Update vom 14. Mai, 21.45 Uhr: In ihren aktuellen Ergebnissen sieht die staatliche Nachrichtenagentur Anadolu Erdogan weiter vorne. Sein Vorsprung aber schmilzt. Der Amtsinhaber kommt demnach aktuell auf 50,13 %, Kilicdaroglu auf 44,09. In türkischen Medien wird bereits über die Notwendigkeit einer Stichwahl am 28. Mai spekuliert.

Gerüchte über Einmischung Erdogans bei Türkei-Wahl

Update vom 14. Mai, 21.20 Uhr: Laut des türkischen Journalisten Murat Yetkin gibt es Gerüchte, nach denen Erdogan sich direkt in die Bekanntgabe der Ergebnisse bei der Türkei-Wahl eingemischt haben soll. „Es gibt Gerüchte, dass Erdogan sagte: Lassen Sie den Unterschied von zehn Prozent bei der Anadolu-Agentur beibehalten, bis ich eine Erklärung gebe“, so Yetkin. Laut aktuellen Zahlen der CHP liegt Kilicdaroglu mit 49,2 % weiter vor dem Amtsinhaber mit 44,8 %.

Update vom 14. Mai, 20.45 Uhr: Mansur Yavaş, Bürgermeister der Hauptstadt Ankara und Mitglied der CHP, sieht Parteifreund Kilicdaroglu aktuell vor Erdogan. „Unser Vorsitzender liegt bei 47,42 Prozent, Herr Erdoğan bei 46,80 Prozent, Herr Sinan Oğan bei 5,33 Prozent“, so Yavaş am Tag der Türkei-Wahl.

AKP und CHP streiten über Wahlergebnisse

Update vom 14. Mai, 20.16 Uhr: Die Manipulationsvorwürfe bei der Türkei-Wahl häufen sich. Zwischen AKP und CHP ist ein erbitterter Streit über die richtigen Ergebnisse entbrannt. Die Bürgermeister der Städte Istanbul, Ekrem İmamoğlu, und Ankara, Mansur Yavas, haben eine weitere Pressekonferenz angekündigt.

Update vom 14. Mai, 19.55 Uhr: Oppositionskandidat Kemal Kilicdaroglu sieht sich bei der Türkei-Wahl auf Siegeskurs. „Wir sind vorne“, twitterte der CHP-Chef am Wahlabend. Ein Sprecher von Erdogans AKP warf der Opposition vor, die Ergebnisse noch vor Verkündung von offiziellen Zahlen manipulieren zu wollen. „Man muss doch auf die Ergebnisse warten, alles wird ausgezählt werden“, so Ömer Çelik.

İmamoğlu zu Ergebnissen der Türkei-Wahl: „Glaubt nicht den Zahlen von Anadolu“

Update vom 14. Mai, 19.02 Uhr: Nun hat sich auch Ekrem İmamoğlu (CHP) zu Wort gemeldet. Der Bürgermeister Istanbuls sagte auf einer Pressekonferenz: „Glaubt nicht den Zahlen von Anadolu. Kilicdaroglu wird heute zum 13. Präsidenten der Türkei ernannt werden. Wir glauben daran.“ Die staatliche Nachrichtenagentur sieht Erdogan weiter vor seinem Herausforderer.

CHP veröffentlicht eigene Ergebnisse und sieht Kilicdaroglu vorne

Update vom 14. Mai, 18.45 Uhr: Die CHP hat Ergebnisse der Türkei-Wahl veröffentlicht, die ein ganz anderes Bild zeichnen als die Zahlen der staatlichen Nachrichtenagentur Anadolu. Laut der Opposition liegt Kilicdaroglu mit 47,60 Prozent vor Erdogan mit 46,59 Prozent.

Update vom 14. Mai, 18.35 Uhr: Die Opposition in der Türkei zeigt sich weiter optimistisch. Die CHP-Vorsitzende Istanbuls, Canan Kaftancıoğlu, veröffentlichte neue Zahlen aus der Metropole. Laut denen liegt Kilicdaroglu in Istanbul deutlich vor Erdogan. Der Oppositionskandidat kommt dort angeblich auf 51,33 Prozent, Erdogan auf 43,94 Prozent. In Istanbul leben elf Millionen Wahlberechtigte.

Opposition zweifelt Ergebnisse der Türkei-Wahl an

Update vom 14. Mai, 18.20 Uhr: Bei der Opposition machen sich Zweifel an den von der staatlichen Nachrichtenagentur Anadolu vermeldeten Ergebnisse der Türkei-Wahl breit. Sowohl Vertreter der HDP als auch der CHP rufen dazu auf, den Ergebnissen keinen Glauben zu schenken. Kılıçdaroğlu forderte von den Wahlbeobachtern, sich auf keinen Fall von den Urnen und Stimmzetteln zu entfernen.

Update vom 14. Mai, 18.10 Uhr: Aus anderen Quellen erreichen uns nun ganz andere Ergebnisse der Türkei-Wahl. Murat Agirel, Journalist der Cumhuriyet, meldet auf Twitter zwar ebenfalls einen Vorsprung Erdogans, der aber deutlich geringer ausfalle. Laut seinen Zahlen kommt der Amtsinhaber auf 47,08 Prozent, Kılıçdaroğlu auf 47,06. Agirel bezieht sich dabei auf Zahlen aus dem Hohen Wahlausschuss der Türkei.

Erste Zahlen aus Deutschland zur Türkei-Wahl bekannt

Update vom 14. Mai, 17.59 Uhr: Erste Zahlen zur Türkei-Wahl liegen nun auch aus Deutschland vor. Demnach haben auch die in Deutschland lebenden Wahlberechtigten mehrheitlich für Erdogan gestimmt. Ihm werden aktuell 50,74 Prozent der Stimmen aus dem Ausland zugerechnet. Kilicdaroglu kommt außerhalb der Türkei auf 44,04.

Update vom 14. Mai, 17.50 Uhr: Laut der staatlichen Nachrichtenagentur Anadolu liegt Erdogan sogar noch weiter vorne. Dem Amtsinhaber werden dort 59,47 Prozent zugerechnet. Auch die deutsche Nachrichtenagentur dpa meldet diese Ergebnisse. Damit hätte Erdogan sogar eine absolute Mehrheit gegen Kılıçdaroğlu erhalten. Eine Stichwahl wäre nicht mehr notwendig.

First results from Turkey show Erdogan ahead

Update from May 14, 17:38 p.m.: The first official projections for the Turkish election are available. According to the report, incumbent Erdogan is four percentage points ahead of Kılıçdaroğlu with 49.85%, who would get 45.71%. So far, according to Turkish media, around one percent of all votes have been counted.

Update from May 14, 17:20 p.m.: The first results of the Turkish elections are published in the Turkish media. According to the latest reports, Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu is ahead of Recep Tayyip Erdogan. The challenger would therefore come to 53.74 percent, the incumbent only to 42.75.

Update from May 14, 16:45 p.m.: According to Canan Kaftancıoğlu, leader of the CHP in Istanbul, voter turnout in the metropolis is overwhelming. More than 90 percent of all eligible voters are said to have cast their votes in Istanbul. Now is the time to "collectively protect your vote by tracking the vote count."

Opposition reports suspected cases of electoral fraud in Turkey

Update from May 14, 16:15 p.m.: According to the opposition, there are suspected cases of electoral fraud in the Turkish election. A video from Sanliurfa is said to show a person stamping dozens of illegal ballots for Erdogan. "Our lawyers were referred to the village in question and an appeal was lodged with the district election committee," said CHP MP Oğuz Kaan Salıcı.

Update from May 14, 16:00 p.m.: Polling stations in Turkey are now officially closed.

Federal Foreign Office issues warning over Turkey election

Update from May 14, 15:45 p.m.: The Federal Foreign Office has warned of riots over the elections in Turkey. It "cannot be ruled out that the hours after the closing of the polling stations can become restless," the authority wrote, among other things, to the Turkey correspondent of the ARD, Oliver Mayer, who in turn published the warning on Twitter. Videos are also circulating on Twitter purporting to show acts of violence around polling stations in Turkey.

Elections in Turkey: Erdogan and his challenger Kilicdaroglu cast their votes

Update from May 14, 12:21 p.m.: Turkish opposition candidate Kemal Kilicdaroglu cast his vote in the capital Ankara in the course of Turkey's presidential and parliamentary elections. Kilicdaroglu spoke to journalists. "We all missed democracy," he said, according to Halk TV. "You will see, spring will come," he added, thanking all Turkish voters before leaving the polling station with his wife Selvi Kilicdaroglu. "Spring will come" is the slogan of the Turkish opposition alliance.

Turkish presidential election: Votes for Ince valid despite withdrawal

Update from May 14, 8:54 a.m.: In Turkey, voting for presidential and parliamentary elections has begun. From 8 a.m. to 17 p.m. (local time), a total of 60,697,845 eligible voters will be able to cast their votes at 191,910 ballot boxes. In today's elections, 4,904,672 people will vote for the first time.

Presidential election: Turkey elects new president and new parliament

First reported on 13 May: Ankara – Tensions are rising from Istanbul in the west to Igdir in the far east. On Sunday (14 May), 64 million eligible voters in Turkey will elect a new president. And for the first time in 20 years, there are signs of a change at the top of the country.

Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his AKP have ruled Turkey since 2003 - first as prime minister, and from 2014 as president of the country. His rule has become increasingly authoritarian in recent years. Freedom of the press was increasingly restricted, and the opposition complained about systematic repression. This is one of the reasons why an alliance of almost all major opposition parties against Erdogan was formed. It is headed by its candidate Kemal Kilicdaroglu. The popular CHP politician is expected to overthrow Erdogan after the 2023 Turkish elections.

Kilicdaroglu is ahead in polls for Turkey's elections

The opposition is likely to be optimistic when looking at the polls in Turkey. Kilicdaroglu leads in almost all surveys, albeit by a very narrow margin. Now that the third candidate in the alliance, Muharrem Ince, has withdrawn his candidacy, there are now all the more signs of a duel between Erdogan and Kilicdaroglu. The pro-Kurdish HDP, on the other hand, decided not to run its own candidate in order to strengthen Kilicdaroglu.

Behind Kilicdaroglu is an alliance of six parties called the "Table of Six". But Erdogan also knows that he has a merger of four parties behind him - the so-called "People's Alliance".

These alliances are behind Erdogan and Klicdaroglu in Turkey's presidential election

• Recep Tayyip Erdoğan ("People's Alliance"): Adalet ve Kalkınma Partisi (AKP), Milliyetçi Hareket Partisi (MHP), Büyük Birlik Partisi (BBP), Yeniden Refah Partisi (YRP)
• Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu ("Table of Six"): Cumhuriyet Halk Partisi (CHP), İyi Parti (İyi), Demokrasi ve Atılım Partisi (Deva), Gelecek Partisi (GP), Demokrat Parti (DP), Saadet Partisi (SP)

But if none of the candidates achieves a result of more than 50 percent yes votes, then a run-off election will follow two weeks later. The future president of Turkey could therefore not be determined until 28 May.

Elections in Turkey: Turks can vote on new president and parliament

In addition to the president, the parliament in Turkey will also be re-elected. 600 deputies make up the "Grand National Assembly." A party needs more than seven percent of the vote to be allowed to enter parliament. In the battle for seats in parliament, an exciting race between the parties of the "People's Alliance" and the "Table of Six" is also emerging.

Review of the 2018 Turkish election

For Erdogan's AKP, the last Turkish election in 2018 already meant a decline in voter favor. Although the National Conservatives remained the strongest force, they lost their absolute majority and had to enter into an alliance with the MHP. Kilicdaroglu's CHP also lost votes, but retained its position as the strongest opposition force.

Erdogan himself was able to prevail in the 2018 presidential election with 52.6 percent in the first round. (dil)