The outgoing president wished a “profitable future” to the country and its democracy Tayyip Erdogan For Türkiye from the polling station where he voted.

“It is important that all voters cast their ballots by exactly 5:00 pm to show the strength of Turkish democracy,” Erdogan said, making no predictions about his victory.

It is noted that today more than 60 million voters are called to the polls for the presidential and parliamentary elections in Turkey, which will decide whether to start the third decade of the Islamic Justice and Development Party (AKP) under the leadership of Tayyip Erdogan or initiate the political changes that the presidential candidate claims. from the coalition opposition Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu.

The latest four public opinion polls released on Thursday showed the Kemalist politician leading by a margin of 5.1% to 6.5%. Two of them gave him more than 51%, which would have meant victory from the first round, and in the other two his percentage was close to 49.5%. It should be noted that these polls were taken before the announcement of the withdrawal from the campaign of Kemalist candidate Muharrem Ince, whose votes are expected to belong more to the opposition leader than to the outgoing president.

^{According to APE – BEE, AFP}