Commencement of Voting for Turkey’s Presidential and Parliamentary Elections

Polling stations in Turkey opened today, Sunday, for parliamentary and presidential elections. Nearly 61 million people are eligible to vote in elections, including almost 5 million first-time voters. And the Turks abroad have already voted. The united opposition candidate and leader of the Republican People’s Party, Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu, is running against Erdoğan. A small opposition candidate, Sinan Ogan, is also running: On Friday night, at least nine national TV channels aired Erdogan’s campaign interview, and Kılıçdaroğlu delivered a three-minute speech to his supporters on his Twitter account.