President Erdogan said his alliance is committed to serving the Turkish people and meeting their goals, adding that they can only repay the nation’s debt by working harder
Erdogan’s People’s Alliance won a majority in parliament, while the presidential race is headed to a second-round runoff on May 28. / Photo: AA
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has vowed to win a landslide victory in the May 28 presidential runoff election. “Now is the time to crown the success we achieved on May 14 with a greater victory,” Erdogan said on Twitter. Millions of voters went to the polls on Sunday to elect the country’s president and members of its 600-seat parliament. Erdogan’s People’s Alliance won a majority in parliament, while the presidential race is headed to a second-round runoff on May 28, though Erdogan took the lead in round one.
Erdogan and his closest competitor Kemal Kilicdaroglu, leader of the main opposition Republican People's Party and joint candidate for the six-party opposition Nation Alliance, will face off in round two. "We are an alliance that puts the national will and the love of serving the country, and the nation at the centre of its politics," Erdogan said.
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