Voting in the presidential and parliamentary elections began throughout Turkey on Sunday morning, as polling stations opened their doors to voters at 8:00 am local time. In the following article, we show the latest developments, moment by moment, according to Istanbul time .
- 8:00 a.m Polling centers open their doors to voters, and the polling process is scheduled to continue until 17:00.
Turkish citizens vote in more than 191,000 ballot boxes across Turkey in order to elect a new president for the country for a term of 5 years, and to choose the 600 members of parliament.
64.1 million Turkish voters are entitled to vote in the presidential and parliamentary elections, of whom 4 million and 904 thousand 672 voters vote for the first time.
The Turkish Supreme Electoral Commission took various measures in the 11 states affected by the earthquakes that occurred on February 6, 2023, to ensure that the elections were conducted properly in prefabricated centers designated for that.
11:10 am The head of the Supreme Elections Commission casts his vote, and talks to the media about the electoral scene.
Ahmed Yanar, head of the Turkish Supreme Electoral Commission, cast his vote at a polling station in the capital, Ankara, and said in statements to the media: "We have not encountered any problem so far with the voting operations, and all the employees in the polling stations are doing their job perfectly."
- 11:30 a.m The candidate of the Nation Alliance and the leader of the Republican People's Party, Kamal Kilicdaroglu, casts his vote.
Kilicdaroglu cast his vote at a polling station in the capital, Ankara, and said in remarks after the vote: "I thank all the voters who went to the polls and cast their votes."
11:50 Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan casts his vote.
Erdogan, accompanied by his wife, Amina Erdogan, went from his home in the Uskudar district of Istanbul to the Sefat Teshbi School to cast their votes.
President Erdogan and his wife lined up in front of the hall containing the ballot box and waited for their turn to cast their votes.
Erdogan said in statements after the vote that "the voting process is ongoing and no problem was recorded throughout the country," and called on voters to "go to the polling stations en masse and participate in this national event."
- 12:00 pm The candidate who withdrew from the presidential election race, the candidate of the "Balad" party, Muharram Injeh, casts his vote.
Ince cast his vote at the Şener Cakmak School in Ankara.
- 12:55 pm The candidate of the Grandparents' Alliance, Sinan Ogan, casts his vote.
Ogan cast his ballot at a secondary school in the Cankaya district of the capital, Ankara, accompanied by his wife, Gökçen Ogan.
In a press statement after casting his vote, Ogan called on all citizens who are entitled to vote to vote, and expressed his wishes that the electoral process would proceed calmly and in a festive atmosphere.
17:00 pm Closing of polls
Voting in Turkey's presidential and parliamentary elections ended Sunday, at 17:00 local time.
The ballot boxes were closed and the counting process began.
Turkish voters cast their ballots since 8 am on Sunday morning, through 191,884 ballot boxes in 973 districts across the country.
Also, 3 million and 416 thousand and 98 Turkish expatriate voters cast their votes in the foreign representations of 73 countries, in which voting ended on the ninth of May.
20:00 PM. Preliminary results
The preliminary results of the presidential elections in Turkey, as of 20:00 Istanbul time, are as follows:
- President Recep Tayyip Erdogan: 52.55%
- The withdrawn candidate Muharram Ince: 0.54%
- Candidate of the Nation Alliance Kemal Kilicdaroglu 41.55%
- Candidate of the Grandparents Alliance, Sinan Ogan: 5.36%
Preliminary results of the presidential elections in Türkiye as of 21:30 Istanbul time:
- Recep Tayyip Erdogan: 50.97%
- Muharram Injeh (withdrew): 0.51%
- Kemal Kilicdaroglu: 43.22%
- Sinan Ogan: 5.31%
Preliminary results of the presidential elections in Türkiye as of 22:30 Istanbul time
- Recep Tayyip Erdogan: 50.20%
Muharram Injeh (withdrew): 0.48%
- Kemal Kilicdaroglu: 44.02%
- Sinan Ogan: 5.30% (58 kB)
Erdogan casts his vote in the presidential and parliamentary elections
On Sunday, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan cast his vote in the presidential and parliamentary elections at Sefat Chebi School in Uskudar.
On Sunday, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan cast his vote in the presidential and parliamentary elections.
Erdogan, accompanied by his wife, Amina Erdogan, went from his home in the Uskudar district of Istanbul to the Sefat Teshbi School to cast their votes.
President Erdogan and his wife lined up in front of the ballot box and waited for their turn to cast their votes.
The voting process began throughout Turkey, starting at eight o'clock in the morning, and is scheduled to continue until five o'clock in the afternoon local time (3 GMT).
Turks will vote in more than 191,000 ballot boxes in the country to elect a president for a period of 5 years, and to choose the 600 members of parliament.
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