This Sunday, Turks will vote on who will be their president for the next five years.
Current President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who is seeking a second term, and opposition candidate Kemal Kilicdaroglu are in the runoff.
Erdogan stated at one of the most recent rallies in Istanbul that Turkey had accomplished inconceivable things with him.
“Our country has seen the largest investments in its history over the last 21 years.” Our democracy has reached its pinnacle. The most successful war against terrorist organizations has occurred during this time period. “Our country’s influence in global politics has grown as well,” Erdogan told the audience.
Kemal Kilicdaroglu, the leader of Turkey’s biggest pro-secular opposition party and a six-party alliance, ran on a vow to reverse Erdogan’s authoritarian tendencies. The 74-year-old has termed the runoff as a national referendum.
“This is an existential conflict.” “Turkey will be dragged into the darkness or the light,” Kilicdaroglu said.
In an attempt to persuade nationalist voters ahead of the runoff on Sunday, he has promised to return millions of refugees while shutting out any chance of peace negotiations with Kurdish insurgents.
The Turks have made a decision who they want to continue with, despite polls showing a victory for President Erdogan, who won with a very tiny percentage but did not receive 50% of the vote in the first round.
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