2023 Turkish Presidential Election, Round Two

Today (May 28th) citizens of Turkey go to polls to vote in second round of presidential elections. You can check the first round megathread [here](https://www.reddit.com/r/europe/comments/13gvzc6/2023_turkish_presidential_election/).

Turnout in last (2018, only one round) elections was 86.2%, and in the first round two weeks ago **87**%.

There are two contestants:

* **[Recep Tayyip Erdoğan](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Recep_Tayyip_Erdo%C4%9Fan)** (69 years old), incumbent president (since 2014, previously prime minister since 2003) and candidate of the [People’s Alliance](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/People%27s_Alliance_(Turkey/)), gathered around [Justice & Development Party](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Justice_and_Development_Party_(Turkey/)) (AKP) party (which already won parliamentary elections two weeks ago). He nearly won (49.5%) in the first round, which makes him a clear favourite, albeit not a hundred percent sure winner.

* **[Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kemal_K%C4%B1l%C4%B1%C3%A7daro%C4%9Flu)** (74 years old), candidate of the opposition [Nation Alliance](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nation_Alliance_(Turkey/)) and leader of the main opposition [Republican People’s Party](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republican_People%27s_Party) (CHP). Got 44.5% in the first round, and will probably need some miracle to win, but isn’t without a chance.

Polls will open on 0700 and close at 1600 local time (GMT+2).

**Further reading**

[Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023_Turkish_presidential_election)

**[Live results](https://www.haberler.com/secim/)** (Haberler.com; Turkish)

[Turkish voters to choose their president](https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/5/28/turkish-voters-to-choose-their-president-erdogan-or-kilicdaroglu) (Al Jazeera)

[Erdogan and Kilicdaroglu clash in final push for votes](https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-65708268) (BBC)

We shall leave detailed commentary (and any interesting trivia!) on elections and campaign, to our Turkish users, or anyone else with worthy knowledge. Feel free to correct or add anything.

While this post is stickied to the frontpage, we shall **restrict the amount of posts** about Turkey and elections. When the official ballots have been announced, users will be free to post the results to the frontpage.