a battle of figures is already underway between Erdogan and his opponent – Muricas News

The official information company is at present giving Recep Tayyip Erdogan the lead, however his opponent says the alternative… A battle of figures started this Sunday night in Turkey across the first counting of votes for the presidential election. The outgoing president is credited with 52.4% of the votes of the ballots after the counting of greater than 43.8% of the ballots, in accordance with the official Anadolu company, accused of being within the pay of energy by the opposition. His opponent for the presidency, Kemal Kiliçdaroglu, boss of the CHP has additionally assured to be within the lead on Twitter. The third candidate Sinan Ogan, a dissident from the nationalist MHP get together, could be round 5% of the vote.

The CHP mayor of Istanbul Ekrem Imamoglu, talking on the get together headquarters in Ankara and specifying that he was talking “on behalf of Kemal Kiliçdaroglu”, referred to as on residents “to ignore the figures given by Anadolu”. “We don't imagine Anadolu”, he mentioned, information company in accordance with him “beneath synthetic respirator since 2019” and which “has misplaced all respectability”. An allusion to the tutelage of energy over the principle main Turkish media. “We won't let our fellow residents be fooled,” assured Ekrem Imamoglu, who had seen his election for mayor of Istanbul invalidated in 2019, earlier than being confirmed with a bang on the polls three months later.

The channel near the CHP Halk TV broadcast figures on Sunday night giving Kemal Kiliçdaroglu a slight lead, 47.71% towards 46.5% for the outgoing president.

“Thank goodness the voting course of was carried out in a means that befits our democracy. Now, as all the time, it’s time to hold on to the polls. Till the outcomes are closing, we proceed to guard the desire of our nation! “, wrote Recep Tayyip Erdogan in a tweet revealed after the closing of the polls at 5 p.m. (4 p.m. in France). Counting is scheduled to finish round 9 p.m. The turnout, apparently excessive, has nonetheless not been disclosed.