towards a very tight first round between Erdoğan and Kiliçdaroglu

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After 20 years in power, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan could find himself on waivers for the first time, Sunday May 14. The point on the eve of the election with Agnès Varhramian, special correspondent in Istanbul.

“It’s going to be exciting, because tonight in the polls the two candidates are neck and neck, and Erdogan this time can lose this election”, reports Saturday May 13 Agnès Varhramian, special correspondent in Istanbul (Türkiye). The Turkish president was on Friday evening on television, “for a long interview on 28 channels at the same time”adds the journalist, who specifies that “his competitor had to make do with a single channel”.

A disproportionate campaign

In a month and a half, Erdogan spent 48h45 on public television, compared to 32 minutes for his opponent, Kemal Kiliçdaroglu. “To ensure the integrity of the ballot, there will be thousands of hands of national and international volunteers in the polling stations”, says the journalist. 600,000 police will also be deployed throughout the country to ensure the security of the election.


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