His “new victory”. Kemal Kilindaroglu against him Tayyip Erdogan is expected to show the results of the second round of elections in Turkey, held in the occupied territories and ended on Thursday evening. Over 140,000 Turkish and Turkish Cypriots were eligible to vote, an increase of 34,000 compared to those eligible to vote in the 2018 elections.

Kilindaroglu’s victory in the polls of the occupiers is more than likely, as in the first round of elections, the Turkish opposition candidate received a percentage of 54.16% against Erdogan’s 38.55%.

Under these conditions, even if Tayyip Erdogan manages to absorb all the percentages of Sinan Ogan and Muharrem Ince (3.9% -3.44%), his percentage in the second round will not be enough to defeat Kilintsaroglu.

“Financial terror” for tomorrow

Those who follow the political scene within the Turkish community interpret the vote for the leader of the Turkish opposition as another signal of the rejection of political Islam, imposed in recent years by the Erdogan government on secular Turkish Cypriot society.

It is also clear that Kılıçdaroğlu’s voters are mainly Turkish Cypriots with dual citizenship, Turkish Cypriots integrated into the secular lifestyle of the Turkish Cypriot community, and university students in the occupied territories.

At the same time, there is an air of grave anxiety in the T/C community about the next Election Day and the expected new blows to the collapsing economy. More and more t/cs have been pulling their money out of local banks lately, fearing an intensification of capital controls after a possible Tayyip Erdogan victory, while those who still trust the northern banking system are converting deposits. them in foreign currency, fearing the collapse of the Turkish lira.

Source: DV