Turkish presidential election
Overseas votes cast for runoff arrive home
The votes cast by Turkish citizens living abroad for the presidential election runoff, slated for May 28 at home, have reached the capital Ankara.
Votes cast at the ballot boxes reinstalled at 167 points in 151 representative offices across 73 countries were brought to Türkiye by "diplomatic couriers" under high security after voting at diplomatic missions ended on May 24.
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All 85 million to win if People’s Alliance succeeds on May 28: Erdoğan
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said the 85 million citizens of Türkiye will benefit from the outcome of the May 28 polls if the People's Alliance wins the presidential election runoff.
"If we win on May 28, each of the 85 million individuals will also win," Erdoğan said in an interview with broadcasters Kanal D and CNN Türk on May 25.
May 14 polls showed ‘dictatorship claims pure nonsense’: Erdoğan
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has said Türkiye's electoral process is a strong response to some Western groups who claim dictatorship prevails in Türkiye.
Nation showed its will with May 14 poll results at parliament: Erdoğan
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said the nation has displayed its will with the votes reflected at the parliament in the May 14 elections, which is in favor of the People's Alliance.
"On May 14, our nation actually declared its will by giving the majority of the parliament seats with 323 deputies to the People's Alliance," Erdoğan tweeted on May 22.
New homes to be ready for quake victims by November: Erdoğan
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has announced that the government will hand over the first batch of new homes to earthquake victims by October or November, underlining that their priority will be the reconstruction of the quake-hit provinces if they win the presidential elections on May 28.
Erdoğan calls on Turks abroad to vote in runoff polls
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has reiterated his calls for Turks living abroad to cast votes for the second round of the presidential elections as the four-day voting process for around 3.4 million eligible electors will begin on May 20.
Ballot boxes reinstalled at Istanbul Airport, customs gates
Ballot boxes have been reestablished at Istanbul Airport and customs gates to allow voters living abroad to cast their ballots in the second round of the Turkish presidential election.
The watchdog placed more than 4,600 polling stations at 46 border gates.
Erdoğan pledges not to leave quake survivors unattended
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan vowed on May 18 that his government will continue to stand by the Feb. 6 earthquake victims.
"I hope we will heal our wounds together with state-nation solidarity. We will not leave our earthquake survivors unattended and will continue to stand by them," he tweeted.
Country records high turnout in presidential, parliamentary elections
Türkiye's historic presidential and parliamentary elections on May 14 witnessed a high voter turnout at 86.2 percent.
The figure was barely below the 88.2 percent turnout in 2018 when Turkish voters headed to ballot boxes to elect the president and members of the parliament.
Aliyev congratulates Erdoğan over polls
Azerbaijani President İlham Aliyev has called President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan to congratulate him for the May 14 elections that pledged a majority to Erdoğan-led People's Alliance at the parliament while bringing the presidential race to the second round.
A statement from the president's office informed that Aliyev and Erdoğan spoke over the phone in the early hours of May 15.
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