Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan spoke for the first time on Friday of the end of his power by assuring that the municipal elections on March 31 will be his
“last”
elections.
“The elections of March 31 will be the last for me”
in accordance with the law.
“Their result will be the transfer of confidence to my brothers who will come after me”
launched the head of state, in power as prime minister then president since 2003.
“But the resulting result will be a blessing for my brothers who will come after me.
There will be a transfer of confidence
,” he said 22 days before the election in front of a gathering of the Turkish Youth Foundation (TÜGVA).
The main issue for the ruling AKP party is the reconquest of Istanbul, the country's main city and economic capital, which passed into the hands of the opposition in 2019 and of which Mr. Erdogan himself was mayor in the 1990s.