Kılıçdaroğlu called the last presidential elections unfair
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The leader of the Republican People’s Party, Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu, who lost in the presidential elections in Turkey, called the last vote one of the most unfair periods in history and said that he would continue to fight for democracy, TASS writes.
“This election was one of the most unfair periods in history. I thank all our supporters for their support, for more than 25 million votes. Keep fighting for democracy. I fought for this, for you and will continue to do this in the future, ” said he told reporters at the party headquarters in Ankara.
The current president of the republic, Recep Tayyip Erdogan Erdogan, won more than 52% of the vote in the second round of the presidential elections, based on the results of processing more than 99% of the ballots. The voting data on the evening of May 28 was published by the state agency Anadolu. Over 47% of citizens voted for Erdogan’s rival, opposition leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu. The turnout was 85.65%. In total, 191,800 ballot boxes were installed in Turkey and abroad, and it was possible to vote in 81 provinces of the republic. It was decided to organize a second round after none of the three candidates on May 14 passed the 50% mark required to win in the first round.
The day before the start of the second round, on May 27, Kılıçdaroğlu urged “not to commit a sin” (haram) and not to vote for the incumbent head of state. Justice and Development Party (AKP) spokesman Omer Celik condemned Erdogan’s rival’s call.
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