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The opposition "brings" Erdogan to his knees/ The Turkish President accepts the defeat: We did not get the result we wanted!

2024-04-01 08:18:03Kosova&Bota SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX
The opposition "brings" Erdogan to his knees/ The Turkish President
Opposition parties celebrating and Recep Tayyip Erdogan

The local elections in Turkey resulted in a defeat for Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, especially in the main cities. Turks reaffirmed the opposition as a political force and strengthened the position of Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu as the main rival of the future president.

Imamoglu led the mayoral race in Istanbul, Turkey's largest city, while his Republican People's Party (CHP) retained power in Ankara and won nine mayoral posts in major cities across the country.

" The trust our citizens have in us has been vindicated, " said Imamoglu, 53, a former businessman who entered politics in 2008 and is now seen by analysts as a potential challenger in the next presidential election.

The Turkish president accepted defeat. " Unfortunately, we did not achieve the result we wanted in the elections ". This is what Erdogan said during a speech from the headquarters of his AKP party in Ankara, broadcast by the state TV TRT.

"We will continue our way by winning", he added, " 85 million Turks won today, the loss should be a turning point for our party. Elections are the key moment of democracy, the moment when the people show the way. I thank all those who have worked hard so that our citizens spend today peacefully and regularly.

In the past we have had problems in the southeast and clashes, pressure on citizens and threats. Problems that are now in the past, because today we gave a lesson in democracy and all of Turkey should be proud of that. Democracy is the real winner today ," Erdogan said.

The Turkish leader then underlined that his party will get back to work, stressing that the defeat should be a turning point for the party.

" We didn't get the result we expected, now is the time to analyze and act boldly, in the last 22 years there have been 18 elections and we have almost always won, this time it didn't go like that, but in the future anything can happen and this loss should be a turning point ."

In Ankara, the Turkish capital, thousands of supporters gathered overnight waving CHP flags to watch a speech by Mayor Mansur Yavas, who defeated his AKP opponent, in another blow to President Erdogan.

When 79.77 percent of ballot boxes were counted in Istanbul, Europe's largest city with more than 16 million inhabitants, Imamoglu had 50.53 percent support compared to 40.73 percent for AKP challenger Murat Kurum, a former minister. in the government of President Erdogan.


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