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Recep Tayyip Erdoğan already had a five-point lead in the first round of presidential elections, closely followed by the European Union. The verdict of the second round is expected on the evening of May 28. Live from Istanbul (Türkiye), we find the journalist Agnès Vahramian.
The trend of the first round is confirmed, Sunday, May 28. After 20 years in power, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan seems about to celebrate another victory. “We are here, in Kasımpaşa, this is the neighborhood where Erdoğan grew up, where he was even born. His supporters are celebrating”reports journalist Agnès Vahramian, live from Istanbul (Turkey). “They left when the counting was not even finished”she continues.
A country in economic crisis and divided
However, the elections were not easy. “Erdoğan has already congratulated himself that Turkish democracy has worked very well”, says the journalist. Words to qualify because during the elections, “he will have benefited from 60 times more speaking time than his opponent”, she says. In any case, Erdoğan inherits a country in economic crisis and divided.
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