Today, Saturday, the voting process began in the run-off of the Turkish presidential elections in the foreign representations and border crossings.
Current Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan won the majority of votes in the first round, which was held on May 14, but a small difference prevented him from an absolute majority of more than 50%, forcing him to go through a run-off.
Erdogan won 49.51% of the vote, while Kemal Kilicdaroglu won 44.92%, Sinan Ogan 5.17%, and Muharram Ince (withdrew) 0.44%.
Erdogan is in the run-off against his opponent, Kilicdaroglu, who finished second.
In Turkey, 61 million voters will go to the polls on May 28 to choose between candidates.
This will be the first time in Turkey’s history that a run-off for the presidential elections is held.
Abroad, about 3.4 million voters can cast their ballots in the second round of voting.
Germany hosts the largest Turkish community in the world, which includes 3 million people of Turkish origin, about 1.5 million of whom are entitled to vote in the Turkish elections.
Erdogan urged foreign voters to go to the polls in the second round of the presidential elections, and said, in a tweet on Twitter yesterday, Friday, that the voting process for voters residing abroad will begin tomorrow, Saturday, in diplomatic representations and border crossings.
“I ask our compatriots residing abroad to exercise their democratic right by closely following the election dates in the countries in which they reside,” he added.
And he added, “I expect you to show your will strongly for the second time, and I am confident that we will pass this test as well,” praising the record participation of voters abroad during the first round.
