On Thursday, the country’s second-largest opposition bloc in the parliament, pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP), declared its support for main opposition leader Kemal Kilicdaroglu. The president is facing his toughest reelection bid yet amid a growing cost-of-living crisis and the country’s opposition has largely united against him. Yet the political scene is quite different ahead of the May 14 polls. In the 2018 presidential elections, Erdogan won more than 60% of expat votes. Die Schlange vor dem türkischen Konsulat zeigt, dass das Interesse groß ist - zumindest in Köln.įotos: Ayça Tolun / Podcast Cosmo Türkçe /yNzMmD17cc The ballots will be taken to the capital Ankara and counted.Īb heute dürfen die 1,5 Millionen türkische Wähler und Wählerinnen in Deutschland ihre Stimme abgeben. More voting centers will be gradually opened elsewhere through May 9. Voting in seven more countries including the United States is set to begin on Saturday. Turkey has set up voting centers in international airports, customs offices and other locations in 73 countries including 14 Middle Eastern and North African nations. According to official figures, more than 40,000 registered voters across Europe have already cast their ballots for the May 14 presidential and parliamentary elections on Thursday and Friday. ANKARA - Tens of thousands of Turkey nationals living outside the country have begun heading to polls to vote ahead of the country’s crucial elections, which remain too close to predict.Ībsentee voting has begun this week in five European countries, including Germany, which is home to the largest Turkish expat population in the world.
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