Two more candidates in the May 14 Turkish presidential election have collected the necessary signatures and will take part in the race, possibly playing a role as a regulator in the development of events.

According to the Turkish network Haberturk, two more opposition candidates will go to the polls in May, along with outgoing President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and six-party opposition candidate Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu.

These are the president of the Fatherland party, Muarem Ince, who managed to collect more than 111,000 signatures, and Sinan Ogan, a candidate from the Ataturk Alliance, who collected more than 107,000.

The process of collecting and submitting signatures, which began on March 22, will end on Monday night. None of the nine other nominated (or even self-nominated) politicians is expected to reach the required number of signatures by the Central Election Commission.

Mr. Ince is said to have won 6.5% of the vote in a poll cited by the Hurriyet newspaper last week, which is crucial as the situation between the two main candidates remains volatile and the balance could tip in his favor. votes of the chairman of the Rodina party.

Source: Haberturk, TASS