Elections in Turkey: a battle for five million first-time voters

 


On May 14th, there will be elections in Turkey, and more than five million new voters are anticipated.

In a close race between incumbent President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Kemal Kilicdaroglu, leader of the main secular opposition party, the CHP, or Republican People's Party, their participation in the elections and the size of their turnout are expected to play a significant role in potentially affecting the outcome of the vote.

A lower percentage than the overall population, which is above 80%, is reported by Ozer Sencar, the director of MetroPoll, a Turkish polling company, that 78 percent of voters in the 18–24 age bracket have declared their intention to vote. 

According to the findings of our April poll, half of young people favour Kilicdaroglu, Sencar told Middle East Eye.

"Kilicdaroglu is by far the candidate that voters in the 18–24 age range prefer. In this age bracket, Erdogan may expect to receive about 30% of the vote. 

Sencar stated that with just a few days till the election, "young people in Turkey, regardless of their socioeconomic background and political convictions, have comparable anxieties about their future, particularly connected to the prevalent uncertainty.

"The quality of education in Turkey and the current state of the Turkish economy are the main causes of this uncertainty."

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