Erdogan's Pre-Election Rally In Istanbul Attended By 1.7 Million People
(MENAFN- Trend News Agency) BAKU, Azerbaijan, May 7. About 1.7 million
people have attended Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's
campaign rally in Istanbul, trend reports.
"According to the official data that I have received, about 1.7
million people are participating in the rally. If the people of
Istanbul say "yes" to the elections, the issue [of electing a
president] can be considered resolved," President Erdogan said
during the rally.
Presidential elections are scheduled to take place in Türkiye on
14 May 2023, alongside parliamentary elections. Voters will elect a
president for a term of five years. Early elections in the country
were postponed due to the deadly earthquake. It is estimated that
about 65 million voters will cast their votes in the elections
(over 60 million in the country, and some 3.6 million abroad).
The president of Türkiye is directly elected through the
two-round system, under which a candidate must obtain a simple
majority (more than 50 percent) of the popular vote in order to be
elected. If no candidate secures an overall majority outright, then
a runoff is held between the two most voted-for candidates from the
first round, the winner of which is then declared elected.
Recep Tayyip Erdogan has been the president of Türkiye since
2014.
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