Turkey elections: Latest poll puts opposition s Kilicdaroglu above critical 50% threshold philenews.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from philenews.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
On May 14, Turkish voters are headed to the polls for twin elections presidential and parliamentary that are expected to shape the country’s political trajectory for years to come. While the presidential race has generated wide interest in the international media, there is little informed discussion when it comes to the parliamentary elections. Unlike the presidential elections, which quickly turned into a tight contest between President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and the main opposition leader, Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu, the parliamentary races are more unpredictable at this point.
As polling day on 14 May approaches, opinion polls put Turkey's opposition leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu ahead of President Erdoğan. Could this mean that Erdoğan's time at the helm of the nation is almost over? An analysis by Yasar Aydin
Panagiotis Sotiris interviews Sebnem Oguz The emergence of a new fascism in Turkey is being intensively debated on the political left. In this context, an alliance of the left has formed under the banner of the Green Left Party, with support from other parties in the Labour and Freedom Alliance, with the hopes of a significant breakthrough for the political organization of the oppressed and the left in the election.