{"id":145904,"date":"2018-06-24T20:07:02","date_gmt":"2018-06-24T20:07:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/freeonlinetranslators.net\/news\/english\/turkey-election-erdogan-claims-victory-with-unofficial-results\/"},"modified":"2018-06-24T20:07:02","modified_gmt":"2018-06-24T20:07:02","slug":"turkey-election-erdogan-claims-victory-with-unofficial-results","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/freeonlinetranslators.net\/news\/english\/turkey-election-erdogan-claims-victory-with-unofficial-results\/","title":{"rendered":"Turkey election: Erdogan claims victory with unofficial results"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure>                                  <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Supporters celebrate outside the AK party headquarters on June 24, 2018 in Istanbul, Turkey\" src=\"https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/320\/cpsprodpb\/399C\/production\/_102184741_mediaitem102181485.jpg\"\/>Image copyright                  Getty Images<figcaption>Image caption                                      The president&#039;s supporters took to the streets of Istanbul to celebrate                              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"caps\">Turkey&#039;s long-standing leader Recep Tayyip Erdogan says unofficial results from the presidential elections show he has won outright in the first round.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Erdogan has 53%, while his closest rival, Muharrem Ince, is on 31%, state media report, with most votes counted.<\/p>\n<p>But the opposition dispute these figures, saying many votes have yet to be counted.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Erdogan also said the governing alliance of his AK Party had secured a majority in parliament.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Turkey&#039;s elections in 100 and 500 words<\/li>\n<li>Erdogan: Turkey&#039;s pugnacious president<\/li>\n<li>Reality Check: The numbers behind Turkey&#039;s crackdown<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>With 96% of the votes for parliament counted, the president&#039;s AK Party leads with 43% of the votes, the state news agency Anadolu reports. The main opposition CHP is on 23%.<\/p>\n<p>Crucially, the pro-Kurdish HDP looks set to reach the 10% threshold and enter parliament. This might have made it harder for Mr Erdogan&#039;s party and its ally the MHP to reach a majority, although currently they are on course to do so.<\/p>\n<figure>                                                                                                       Image copyright                  AFP<figcaption>Image caption                                      Mr Erdogan said Turkey was going through &quot;a democratic revolution&quot;                              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Voter turnout is high, at almost 87%, the state broadcaster says.<\/p>\n<p>As the BBC&#039;s Mark Lowen points out, the opposition is disputing the agency&#039;s reports of how many ballot boxes have been opened:<\/p>\n<p>                           Skip Twitter post  by @marklowen                              <\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>#CHP disputes @anadoluajansi data on how many ballot boxes have been counted and claims a big discrepancy https:\/\/t.co\/Aexv0UgoL8<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Mark Lowen (@marklowen) June 24, 2018<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>              Report                          <\/p>\n<p>End of Twitter post  by @marklowen<\/p>\n<p>Turkey remains under a state of emergency imposed in the aftermath of a failed coup in July 2016. <\/p>\n<h2>Who is standing for president?<\/h2>\n<p>These elections were originally scheduled for November 2019 but were brought forward by Mr Erdogan.<\/p>\n<p>He is seeking a second term as president, and would govern under a new constitution which grants the president new powers.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Erdogan was prime minister for 11 years before becoming president in 2014.<\/p>\n<figure>             <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/images\/ic\/720x405\/p069dt8c.jpg\"\/>Media playback is unsupported on your device<figcaption>Media captionDoes it matter who&#039;s in charge of Turkey?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Should he win, Mr Ince has promised to push back what he characterised as a slide into authoritarian rule under Mr Erdogan.<\/p>\n<p>But his opponent accused the former physics teacher of not having the skills to lead.<\/p>\n<figure>                                                                                                       Image copyright                  AFP<figcaption>Image caption                                      Muharrem Ince is known for his fiery campaigning                              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Around 60 million Turks were eligible to take part in Sunday&#039;s dual polls.<\/p>\n<p>In all, there were six candidates on the presidential ballot. <\/p>\n<p>If no one candidate crosses the 50% threshold in an outright win, the top two will face off in a second-round vote on 8 July.<\/p>\n<figure>                                                                                                       Image copyright                  AFP                                                    <\/figure>\n<h2>Is the vote likely to be fair?<\/h2>\n<p>Security was tight at polling stations. Ahead of the vote, concerns were raised about potential voter intimidation and electoral fraud.<\/p>\n<p>Turkey&#039;s election commission has already said it will investigate alleged irregularities in Urfa province, on the southern border with Syria.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Ince said he would be spending the night at the electoral commission&#039;s headquarters in Ankara to ensure a fair count.<\/p>\n<p>In a tweet, he asked election observers not to leave the ballot boxes. Mr Ince said the commission&#039;s system reports 37% of boxes have been opened, whereas Anadolu says 85% of votes have been counted.<\/p>\n<p>Rights activists also say the press is not free to report on all sides.<\/p>\n<p>Under Mr Erdogan&#039;s rule, the country has become the world&#039;s biggest jailer of journalists, according to monitoring groups.<\/p>\n<h2>What effect will the new constitution have?<\/h2>\n<p>While the other candidates have rejected the changes, endorsed in a tight referendum last year by 51% of voters, Mr Erdogan would start his second term in a turbo-charged version of the job. <\/p>\n<p>The job of prime minister would be scrapped and the president would gain new powers, including the ability to directly appoint senior officials.<\/p>\n<h2>What have been the main election issues?<\/h2>\n<p>The biggest is the economy. The Turkish lira has tanked and inflation stands at around 11%. <\/p>\n<p>Terrorism is another vexed issue, as Turkey faces attacks from Kurdish militants and the jihadists of the Islamic State group. <\/p>\n<figure>             <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/images\/ic\/720x405\/p069rwy2.jpg\"\/>Media playback is unsupported on your device<figcaption>Media captionTurkey&#039;s economy is the biggest election issue: This is the story of farmer Metin Celik<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>However, correspondents say the country tends to vote along its big divides: one between Kurds and nationalists, and another between religious and secular people.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Image copyright Getty ImagesImage caption The president&#039;s supporters took to the streets of Istanbul to celebrate Turkey&#039;s long-standing leader Recep Tayyip Erdogan says unofficial results from the presidential elections show<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":145905,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-145904","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-english"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/freeonlinetranslators.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/145904","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/freeonlinetranslators.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/freeonlinetranslators.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/freeonlinetranslators.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/freeonlinetranslators.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=145904"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/freeonlinetranslators.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/145904\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/freeonlinetranslators.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/145905"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/freeonlinetranslators.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=145904"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/freeonlinetranslators.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=145904"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/freeonlinetranslators.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=145904"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}