President Erdoğan officially announces election decision (may 2023)
Special decree written to ensure that earthquake victims are not deprived of citizenship rights
Kılıcdaroğlu's candidacy is official.
Yavaş and Imamoğlu will be Kılıcdaroğlu's VPs.
We are now at the election stage.
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If Kılıçdaroğlu fails to win, his VPs will share his failure. In other words, if this scenario is realized, they will not be able to act against Kılıçdaroğlu. If Kılıçdaroğlu wins, the mayors of Istanbul and Ankara will leave their posts. 1 year later there are local elections.
If Erdoğan loses, there is an expectation of a shift in the conservative electorate, and contrary to popular belief, SP, DEVA or GP are not the priority parties here. In the post-2015-16 period, the Akp base has been shaped to a significant extent through Mhp discourses. In other words, the first stop for the Akp base is Mhp, and if it wants to switch to the opposite bloc, it seems like Iyip. If Iyip can manage the process well, it can become the leading party within 1 election if this scenario is realized.
The main opposition bloc has come up against Erdogan with the weakest possible candidate. Kılıcdaroğlu put up a significant fight, eliminating all his rivals. He finally got Iyip to agree to his candidacy. The fate of some parties in the TOS is now in his hands.
We are in the midst of the most interesting electoral process in decades, some of things can be explained, some of things are the result of a chain of events spanning years, and some of things cannot be explained by any logic at all.
Special decree written to ensure that earthquake victims are not deprived of citizenship rights
Kılıcdaroğlu's candidacy is official.
Yavaş and Imamoğlu will be Kılıcdaroğlu's VPs.
We are now at the election stage.
*
If Kılıçdaroğlu fails to win, his VPs will share his failure. In other words, if this scenario is realized, they will not be able to act against Kılıçdaroğlu. If Kılıçdaroğlu wins, the mayors of Istanbul and Ankara will leave their posts. 1 year later there are local elections.
If Erdoğan loses, there is an expectation of a shift in the conservative electorate, and contrary to popular belief, SP, DEVA or GP are not the priority parties here. In the post-2015-16 period, the Akp base has been shaped to a significant extent through Mhp discourses. In other words, the first stop for the Akp base is Mhp, and if it wants to switch to the opposite bloc, it seems like Iyip. If Iyip can manage the process well, it can become the leading party within 1 election if this scenario is realized.
The main opposition bloc has come up against Erdogan with the weakest possible candidate. Kılıcdaroğlu put up a significant fight, eliminating all his rivals. He finally got Iyip to agree to his candidacy. The fate of some parties in the TOS is now in his hands.
We are in the midst of the most interesting electoral process in decades, some of things can be explained, some of things are the result of a chain of events spanning years, and some of things cannot be explained by any logic at all.
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