According to her analysis Italian newspaper La RepubblicaO Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan collects the most chances to win second round of presidential elections which will take place in his country in two weeks.

According to the publication, the power of the outgoing president is based on the fact that he has under his control the media, the state apparatus, and also on the fact that he relies on a religious basis completely loyal to him.

At the same time, La Repubblica emphasizes that Anchor basically voted for the opposition – as often happened in the past – but today there is fatigue and disappointment in the capital, “because “two weeks of new tension are visible on the horizon, which no one needs, and the opposition’s road is going uphill.”

The newspaper of Rome also believes that “Mr. Sinan Oganclose to the ultra-nationalist positions of the Gray Wolves, may be decisive for the outcome of the second round.

However, he does not miss the opportunity to recall that “Mr. Kemal Kilicdaroglumanaged to unite all the opposition into a united democratic front, gaining a percentage that no opponent of Erdogan has achieved, despite the government’s total control over the media.”

For now, La Repubblica concludes that “in Turkey, citizens appear to have voted largely on the basis of their ideological identity”, while the author Mustafa Aykol he adds that “no economic hardship, no earthquake will ultimately alienate voters from the ‘great leader’ they identify with.”