![]() ![]() The country’s most powerful leader since Atatürk, who founded modern Turkey a century ago, Erdoğan, 69, has steered Turkey away from secularism and in 2018 abolished its parliamentary system, centralising power in the presidency.įrom his 1,000-room palace outside Ankara, he in effect dictates government policy and has, critics say, eroded democracy, stifling dissent and bringing media and judges under his sway. Who are the presidential candidates and what do they stand for? An estimated 3 million voters resident abroad will have cast their ballots in advance. Polling stations will open to Turkey’s 61 million voters at 8am local time on Sunday 14 May and close at 5pm, with results expected in the evening. In the parliamentary elections, held concurrently, the number of seats a party wins in Turkey’s 600-member parliament is directly proportional to the number of votes it receives, providing it gets – alone or as part of an alliance – at least 7% of the national vote. If no one secures a majority, the election goes to a runoff – due on 28 May – between the two leading candidates. ![]() In the presidential election, held every five years, any candidate who wins more than 50% of votes in the first round is elected president. His main challenger is Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu of the secularist Republican People’s party (CHP), the unity candidate of the six-party Nation Alliance, who has pledged to reverse many of Erdoğan’s policies, including his all-powerful executive presidency. ![]()
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