Recep Tayyip Erdogan defied predictions to win the first round of Turkey’s presidential election by about 4.5 points over Kemal Kilicdaroglu. He then secured the support of the third candidate Sinan Ogan and is now heading to the second round for the renewal of his term, after 20 years in power of the country. Although pre-election opinion polls and assessments predicted the political end of Recep Tayyip Erdogan, the “Sultan” proved to be “too tough to die”. On the other hand, Kemal Kilicdaroglu, head of the motley opposition coalition, disappointed in the first round and is trying to pick up the “pieces”, aspiring to achieve a terribly difficult overthrow. The facts are not in his favor: â–º As mentioned above, far-right Sinan Ogan, who collected 2.8 million votes, after days of “bargaining” announced that he is offering his support to Erdogan. Analysts estimate that a large percentage of his voters will follow Ogan’s exhortation. “At least 3.5% of the 5.17% will […]
Source: News Beast
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