Turkey's presidential elections were held on March 14, but the candidates could not pass the 50% mark of the vote. Where the candidate with the highest votes is supposed to exceed 50% in order to be able to win the elections.
The head of the Turkish Election Authority, Ahmed Yanar, said that Erdogan won 49.51% of the vote, while Kilicdaroglu got 44.88%, according to the non-final results.
The next two weeks will be the longest two weeks in Türkiye's history
Because of the above results, the Turkish Elections Authority announced that a second round of presidential elections will be held on May 28 between Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his main rival Kemal Kilicdaroglu, two weeks after the first round after the elections.
The importance of elections
These elections bear the utmost importance in the history of Turkey and the Islamic world, as they come with the completion of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's twentieth year in power. Türkiye has also recently witnessed economic inflation and a dispute over Ankara's foreign policy. It also suffered from the catastrophe of the devastating earthquake that struck the country on February 6, claiming the lives of more than 50,000 people.
Erdogan and the Islamic world
Scholars in the Islamic world called on all voters to go to the polls in the Turkish presidential and parliamentary elections and cast their votes for Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, stressing that the issue of the Turkish elections is "one of the Islamic issues." They also emphasized that Turkey's policy during the reign of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has benefited Muslims and the Islamic world with great benefit. He is also considered by many to be the leader of the Islamic world.
Millions of people await the results of the Turkish presidential elections with impatience...