It is disputed whether Ogan’s general election recommendation had an actual effect on the voter’s decision. Sinan Ogan got 5.17 percent of the vote in the first round.
The incumbent Erdogan and his rival, Kilicdaroglu, will run in the run-off elections next Sunday in Turkey. Since the end of the week, voters in Germany have also been able to cast their ballots.
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Shortly before his speech, the ultra-nationalist party coalition for which he was a candidate dissolved. One of the former partners in the coalition described Ogan’s announcement as his “own political preferences”, while another former member of the coalition announced his support for Erdogan’s rival Kemal Kilicdaroglu on Sunday.
According to the final official result of the presidential elections, Erdogan won 49.52 percent in the first round, as announced by the electoral authority on Friday evening. The numbers deviate only slightly from the provisional final result.
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