For the first time in Turkey's history, the outcome of a run-off election will decide who will be the next president: incumbent Erdogan or challenger Kılıçdaroğlu. The news ticker.
- Historic election: Run-off election in Turkey will decide the next president.
- Duel for the presidency: incumbent Recep Tayyip Erdogan competes against challenger Kemal Kilicdaroglu.
- Who will win the run-off? All news about the election in Turkey in our news ticker.
Ankara - It is in historically significant year for Turkey. On October 29, 2023, the republic celebrates its 100th anniversary, and on May 28 of the same year, the country will experience a run-off election for the office of president for the first time. Around 60 million eligible voters are called upon to cast their ballots and thus decide who will govern the country as president for the next five years. The incumbent Recep Tayyip Erdogan of the Islamic-conservative AKP and challenger Kemal Kilicdaroglu of the CHP are up for election.
Neither candidate was able to claim the necessary absolute majority in the first round of voting on 14 May 2023. Turkey's electoral system therefore provides for a decision by run-off election. The favorite in the duel is President Erdogan, who won 49.5 percent of the vote in the first round. Challenger Kilicdaroglu came to 44.9 percent.
This is how the first round of voting in Turkey ended:
- Recep Tayyip Erdogan: 49.5%
- Kemal Kilicdaroglu: 44.9%
- Sinan Ogan: 5.2%
Polls for the run-off election in Turkey see Erdogan as the winner
Current polls for the run-off election in Turkey put Erdogan well ahead of Kilicdaroglu. The president has also managed to secure the support of Sinan Ogan. The candidate of the nationalist ATA party had received 5.2 percent of the vote in the first round. Ogan called on his supporters to vote for Erdogan in the run-off election.
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan or opposition leader Kemal Kilicdaroglu - a run-off election will decide who will govern Turkey as president for the next five years. © Republican People's Party (CHP) Press Service/afp/Imago (Montage)
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How Turkish voters voted in Germany
Outside Turkey, the run-off election has already ended. Around 3.4 million Turkish voters live abroad and were able to cast their votes there until Wednesday (24 May). By far the largest group lives in Germany. 1.5 million people with Turkish roots were called to vote in the run-off election. Initial results indicate a high voter turnout. According to official figures, 746,000 people took part in the run-off election. That was even more than in the first round of voting, in which around 725,000 people cast their votes.
When will there be results for the run-off election in Turkey?
Results of the run-off election in Turkey are expected on Sunday evening. Only then will it be clear whether Erdogan, who won in 2018 with 52.6 percent of the vote and has been president of Turkey since 2014, will emerge victorious again and be able to govern for another five years – or whether Kilicdaroglu will succeed in changing the guard in the country's highest political office.