Erdogan calls Turkish voters to ensure stability in runoff vote FMTNews FMTWorld
Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan got 49.5% in Sunday’s vote and fell just short of the majority needed to avoid a runoff.
In a parliamentary election also held on Sunday, People’s Alliance, comprised of Erdogan’s AK Party and its nationalist and Islamist partners, won 322 of 600 seats in the new legislature, achieving a majority that enabled him to argue that voting for him will ensure stability. Analysts said this outcome showed Erdogan’s promise to rebuild shattered cities had reassured voters in what were already mostly AKP strongholds.For his part, Erdogan’s challenger Kilicdaroglu sought to put a positive spin on the outcome.
Kilicdaroglu, 74, appealed to young voters with references to the cost-of-living crisis, which in Turkey has been much exacerbated by Erdogan’s insistence on cutting interest rates, causing a sharp slide in the lira and soaring inflation. Meanwhile, the Green Left – the third largest party in the new parliament after the AKP and the CHP – said it had filed objections to the results at “hundreds” of ballot boxes, alleging fraud.
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