More than 64 million citizens with the right to vote in Turkey are electing a new president today, in the race are the candidate of the People's Alliance and the current head of state, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, and the candidate of the opposition National Alliance, Kemal Kilicdaroglu.
Polling stations across Turkey opened this morning at XNUMX a.m. local time (XNUMX a.m. CET), marking the start of voting in the second round of the country's presidential elections, Anadolia reported.
In the second round of elections, an additional 47.523 voters, who have turned 18 in the meantime, will have the right to vote.
In the first round of elections on May 14, Erdogan won 49,5 percent of the vote, and Turkish opposition leader Kemal Kilicdaroglu collected 44,89 percent of the vote.
Erdogan's People's Alliance led by the ruling Justice and Development Party (AK Party) won a majority in the state parliament in the first round.
Voting at polling stations outside the country and at border crossings in the second round began on May 20.
Voting at the diplomatic missions of Turkey abroad, in a total of 73 countries, ended on Wednesday, and at the border crossings it continues until the closing of the regular polling stations, until 17:XNUMX p.m. today.
According to Turkey's Supreme Election Commission, more than 1,92 million people had voted in Turkey's foreign missions and border crossings by 16 p.m. local time on Saturday in the second round of the election.
According to the announcement of the Supreme Election Commission of Turkey, the first preliminary and unofficial results of the second round of the presidential elections will be announced today, after the polls close.
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