Decision Day Details
Tomorrow, Sunday, voters are due to go to the polls to vote in the presidential elections and the twenty-eighth session of the legislative elections, from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. local time. Turkish voters will vote in more than 191,000 ballot boxes across Turkey to elect a new president for the country for a 5-year term and choose members of parliament. 60 million 697 thousand 843 voters will vote, of which 4 million 904 thousand 672 voters will vote for the first time. According to Anadolu Agency, “The Turkish Supreme Election Authority has taken various measures in the 11 states affected by the earthquake, to properly conduct the elections in prefabricated centers designated for this purpose. It is forbidden to bring mobile phones and cameras in the polling station, as these devices will be left with the polling booth commission.” To recover it after the end of the voting process. :00.The ban on disseminating election information will be lifted after 9:00 p.m., and the Turkish Supreme Election Commission may lift the ban before then. Votes for which the sign “yes” or “preferred” is not marked, or more than one alliance, or a party or candidate which is not in the same alliance, has been chosen will be void.
The most important political alliances that will participate in the elections
People’s Alliance
A Turkish political alliance formed between the conservative Justice and Development Party and the Nationalist Movement Party in 2018, ahead of the June 24, 2018 elections, in which it won the majority of seats in parliament and the presidential seat, and the coalition has ruled the country ever since. The establishment of the Public Alliance, or what is sometimes called the “People’s Alliance”, on February 20, 2018, was the culmination of the clear rapprochement that began between the Justice Party and Development in power and the National Movement after the failed coup in 2016. It was a rapprochement that turned into an undeclared alliance between a ruling party and another affiliated with the opposition. They agreed to transform the country’s system of government from a parliamentary system (which has been in place for decades) to a presidential system, and this was done after the amendment was passed in 2017. The “Great Union” party Later announced that he supported the People’s Alliance in all electoral offices without officially joining it. In the current elections, the coalition has expanded its ranks to include the new Welfare Party. Opinion polls indicate that the People’s Alliance will have the largest number of deputies, but without achieving a parliamentary majority.
National Alliance
The opposition National Alliance was formed in recent elections between the Republican People’s Party, the Good Party, the Happiness Party and the Democratic Party, before including two new parties, the Future Party led by Ahmed Davutoglu and the Party of Democracy and Progress. led by Ali Babacan, both former leaders of the Justice and Development Party. The coalition is seeking to win the next elections and end the state of justice and development that has endured since 2002, and its chances seem strong this time around, according to opinion polls. The coalition was able to rally its ranks and overcome its internal differences before choosing the coalition’s presidential candidate. The coalition enters the elections with two lists, the first includes the Republican People’s Party and other parties, while the Good Party enters with separate lists. Opinion polls indicate that the number of MPs in the coalition will boom in the next round, but it must form an alliance of HDP MPs to secure a parliamentary majority.
Labor and Freedom Coalition
Last October, Kurdish political parties and civil organizations in Turkey announced the union under the aegis of a global alliance representing the Kurds. It includes the Peoples’ Democratic Party, the Labor Party, the Workers’ Movement Party, the Workers’ Party of Turkey, the Community Freedom Party and the Union of Socialist Associations. The coalition enters the elections under the banner of the “Green Left” party, fearing the lawsuits that have been filed against the HDP, demanding its dissolution. The alliance enters with two lists in the elections, the first for the green left and the second for the Turkish Workers’ Party. Opinion polls indicate that the coalition will receive voting intentions between 9 and 12%, and the percentage of votes in favor will increase in the Kurdish majority states.
Grandparents Alliance
It is an alliance of Yemeni parties and includes the parties “Al-Zafar Party, Al-Quaim Party, Justice Party and Dawlaty Party”. Sinan Ocan was announced as the presidential candidate for the coalition. An extremist nationalist alliance that targets irregular immigrants and foreigners, especially Syrians and Afghans, and its agenda is based on the deportation of foreigners. He promises to stop celebrating Greece’s Independence Day and stresses that Turkey should pay special attention to the Turkish states, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan. Opinion polls indicate that the coalition will not be able to enter Parliament because of its inability to cross the electoral threshold of 7%, with less than 2% of voting intentions.
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