Turkey Election: Erdogan urges voters to turn out as Kilicdaroglu furies over ’a total blackout’

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan held his last election rally in Istanbul on Saturday. Erdogan also called supporters to ’complete the unfinished work’ of the first round where got 49.5% support, falling just short of the majority needed to avoid a runoff. Kemal Kilicdaroglu, the candidate of a six-party opposition alliance, has meanwhile complained of being under “a total blackout“. Kilicdaroglu received 44.9% support in the first round of vote. Turkey election 2023 took place amid a severe economic crisis and just three months after fatal earthquakes in SE Turkey killing more than 50,000 people. Observers see Erdogan is hoping to extend his rule into a third decade. __________________ ShanghaiEye focuses on producing top-quality contents. Nobody knows SHANGHAI better than us. Please subscribe to us ☻☻☻ __________________ For more stories, please click ■ What’s up today in Shanghai, the most updated news of the city ■ Amazing Shanghai, exploring the unknown corners of the city, learning the people, food and stories behind them ■ What Chinese people’s lives are like during the post COVID-19 period ■ Views of foreign scholars on China and its affairs ■ Foreign faces in Shanghai, people living in this city sharing their true feelings ■ Mini-docs showing why China is the country it is today __________________ ☎Leave us messages if you have any suggestions or questions! Thank you!