(MENAFN- AzerNews) By Akbar Hasanov, Day.az
This is a historic day. For the first time in the history of the
Republic of Turkiye, the president of the country was elected in
the second round of elections. For the first time in the history of
the Republic of Turkiye, in the first round of elections, an ethnic
Azerbaijani, Sinan Ogan, took third place. He received 5.22% of the
popular vote. And, let me remind you, he called on his supporters
to vote for the current, 12th President of Turkiye, Recep Tayyip
Erdogan, who won a brilliant victory.
Erdogan has already inscribed his name in Turkiye's recent
history as the person who has held the presidency for the longest
number of years. And this is a sign of the highest confidence in
him, in the policy pursued by him on the part of the majority of
citizens of the fraternal country. But the most important thing is
the historic victory of Turkish democracy.
In the Western media, in the political community of many
European countries, statements that there is no democracy in
Turkiye were a sign of good taste. The current presidential
elections have exposed the supporters and distributors of this
nonsense as complete idiots and liars. The very fact that the name
of the future president of Turkiye was determined in the second
round of elections is clear evidence of how honest, transparent,
and democratic they were.
The results of the second round of elections testify to the
same. And no one, especially the United States, where the winners
of the presidential elections were declared the candidates who
received the smallest number of votes, has the right to question
the highest level of Turkish democracy. Pluralism of opinions,
freedom of speech, respect for the choice of everyone who voted in
elections - these are the distinguishing features of Turkish
democracy.
The vast majority of citizens of the fraternal state expressed
their confidence in the global policy, which brought Turkiye to the
ranks of the most influential states in the world. Turkiye is
pursuing a truly independent foreign policy line based on its
national interests. And the citizens of Turkiye who voted for the
current president, in the words of Erdogan, were guided by
Anatolian wisdom, and not by the advice of Western powers.
It is this, the ability to pursue an independent foreign policy
and defend the national interests of their country, that makes
Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Ilham Aliyev related. And it is natural
that it was the President of Azerbaijan who was the first to
congratulate his Turkish brother on his historic victory in the
current elections. Azerbaijan has always been close to Turkiye -
both in joy and in sorrow. In the same way, Turkiye, during
Erdogan's presidency, was next to our country.
And this union causes envy and fear among many enemies of
Turkiye and Azerbaijan. They frankly fear the growing influence of
Azerbaijan and Turkiye in the region and in the world. But their
plans, hopes, aspirations are not destined to come true. Erdogan's
victory means the victory of the Azerbaijani-Turkish unity. It
means the victory of the entire Turkic world and the collapse of
the plans of forces that dream of preventing its consolidation and
strengthening.
Yes, Kemal Kılıcdaroglu lost already when he announced that
Azerbaijan was not included in his plan "Project for the revival of
the historical Silk Road." The politician himself called the idea
"the main project of his life." As you can see, this idea has
remained unfulfilled. The majority of Turkish citizens who voted
for Erdogan demonstrated their attitude towards such plans of
Kılıçdaroğlu.
Of course, a mournful mood is now in the ranks of the leadership
of Armenia and the world Armenians. They did not hide their hopes
for a change of power in Turkiye. The same Semyon Bagdasarov, often
carrying nonsense on Russian TV channels "expert", almost
celebrated the victories of Kilicdaroglu in advance. He,
demonstrating the highest degree of stupidity, argued that in this
way the nature of Turkish-Azerbaijani relations would radically
change.
He and his like-minded "experts" simply do not understand the
degree of interconnection between our countries and peoples. In any
case, they lost again. They look pitiful also because their whole
"strategy" has always consisted of hopes for a mirage. The reality
is quite different. It consists in the fact that on May 28, 2023,
on the Independence Day of Azerbaijan, a world-class politician and
friend of Azerbaijan, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, won a historic victory
in fraternal Turkiye. This means that relations between our states
will grow stronger, everything that the enemies of our countries
and peoples dreamed of preventing would be implemented.
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