Erdogan and his challenger Kilicdaroglu will go to the runoff on May 28th. The incumbent president is appealing to Turks abroad “to make absolutely sure they exercise their democratic rights.”
Ahead of the second round of Turkey’s presidential election, incumbent Recep Tayyip Erdogan has called on Turks abroad to vote. “I expect you, the representatives of our nation abroad, to once again stand up for your will,” Erdogan wrote on Twitter. “I ask you to make sure you exercise your democratic rights.”
Erdogan is likely to hope again for a clear majority of the votes from abroad: According to preliminary results, voters abroad voted 57.5 percent for Erdogan in the election on May 14. In Germany, he provisionally received 65 percent of the votes. Erdogan wrote to the voters: “Each of you has already engraved your name in golden letters in our political history.”
Overall, Erdogan also received the most votes, but just missed the 50 percent mark necessary for a win in the first round. Challenger Kemal Kilicdaroglu from the CHP received preliminary figures after 45 percent of the vote.
From May 20, voting will be possible abroad and at border crossings, ports and airports in Turkey.
Source: Stern
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