Turkey: Erdogan or Kılıçdaroğlu? It's the second round

Erdogan may be satisfied with the results of yesterday's presidential and parliamentary elections, but...

A second circular will be required to elect the winner in the presidential election, in which president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, the founder and president of the Turkish governing organization for 2 decades of Justice and improvement (ACP), and candidate for the left-liberal opposition of Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu, president of the Republican People's organization (CHP), will face, In the parliamentary elections, the organization supporting Erdogan – ACP and MHP definitely won.

Both major candidates see Turkey's place in the planet differently. For Erdogan it is simply a Turkish-Islamic planet in which it should play a leading role. Hence, efforts to integrate Turkish states (Turkey, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Azerbaijan) within the Turkish State Organisation, hence support for Azerbaijan in conflict with Armenia and Iran and for Turks surviving in Syria, Iraq, Iran, Cyprus and another countries. In turn Kılıçdaroğlu would like to see Turkey as part of the Western world, without “imperial ambition”.

Erdogan, in the course of his election campaign, therefore, put emphasis on his ambitious projects to make Turkey independent of the world's powerful and to make power not only on a regional scale. So he talked about what was realized, what is realized and what is to be realized. He would open up more investments and announce further... He stressed that the country is on the right way and will become 1 of the key players in planet politics in a comparatively close perspective. People will besides be better off erstwhile ongoing projects, even in the field of energy, start working at full speed.

In Turkey, a national combat aircraft was presented. He was given the name KEAN pic.twitter.com/40J1yDOPRM

— Wojciech Kempa (@wojciech_kempa) May 1, 2023

Kılıçdaroğlu pointed out that the costs of the investment and ambitious abroad policy were besides advanced and that the Turks could not afford to bear this burden. He argued that it was essential to search approximation with the European Union and to comply with the standards there. He argued that, erstwhile West-expected solutions have been implemented, the EU would turn money, abolish visas and another restrictions, and that the Turks would be able to work in Western European countries without restrictions in the close future. In parallel, he announced the normalisation of relations with Syria (Assad) and Iran and the withdrawal of Turkish troops from another countries, in peculiar Syria and Iraq.

There are less people than Erdogan's but besides huge...https://t.co/Gy5qTXMd0A

— Wojciech Kempa (@wojciech_kempa) May 8, 2023

However, the voice of those who simply hated everything Turkish and muslim sounded more and more crucial around Kılıçdaroğlu. It should be stressed that Kılıçdaroğlu powerfully sought the votes of the Kurds, with many of those who root for him, at the same time demonstrating hostility towards Turkey, demanding amnesty for the Kurdish terrorists in prisons and prisons and speaking loudly about the autonomy of Kurdistan.

Elections in Turkey: In provinces where the Kurdish population dominates, the crushing triumph of Kılıçdaroğlu is expected.https://t.co/TdJ7c58Z8z

— Wojciech Kempa (@wojciech_kempa) May 7, 2023

In the video we see below, we have Kurds who attended the Kılıçdaroğlu rally in Van and who chant: “A tooth for a tooth, blood for blood, we are with you Öcalan”. Let us remind you that Abdullah Öcalan is the leader of the Kurdistan Workers' organization (PKK).

Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu’nun Van meetinginden:

“Dişe diş, kana kan, seninleyiz Öcalan.” pic.twitter.com/JJulSiW7R5

— ICTLA HABER (@TiklaHaber_com) May 2, 2023

Supporters of Erdogan were eager to publicize the statements of those who hatred everything Turkish and who call for the vote on Kılıçdaroğlu. On the next film, co-chairing the Kurdish HDP party, accused of unions with PKK, attacks Turkish army and Turkish armaments.

HDP Eş Genel Başkanı Pervin Buldan: Savunma sanayiin gelişmesinden hayli rahatsız olmuş. ‘Tayyip Bey 2 gün önce savaş uçaklarının advertised yaptı. O savaş uçaklarından bombular yağacak diyor. Ayıptır, yazıktır, günahtır. Türkiye halkının bombaya, savaşa ihtiyacı yok. Barış... pic.twitter.com/jB2Bf3IMGl

— Derin Kuvvetler (@Derinkuvvet) May 3, 2023

After calculation of almost 100% of the votes, the situation is as follows:

Erdoğan prevailed in most provinces, with the highest advantage gained in provinces affected by the fresh earthquake. Kılıçdaroğlu in turn prevailed in large agglomerations and tourist centers on the Mediterranean coast, although its advantage was low. On the another hand, he won a devastating triumph in the Kurd-dominated regions.

In the 600-member ACP Parliament, if unofficial results are confirmed, there will be 266 MPs and 51 MPs, which gives them a safe majority. The CHP with the "appetizers" won 168 tickets, and the Kurdish YSP, for which the sign is hidden (in fear of its criminalisation) HDP – 62 mandates.

Distribution of seats in the Turkish parliament after the last elections: Erdogan’s Justice and improvement organization has 266 seats pic.twitter.com/Lqu6ZNgp7U

— Spriter (@Spriter99880) May 15, 2023

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