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Turks abroad can vote from April 27th

From April 27, Turkish citizens in Germany can cast their votes for the parliamentary and presidential elections in May.

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Turks abroad can vote from April 27th

From April 27, Turkish citizens in Germany can cast their votes for the parliamentary and presidential elections in May. The elections at the border crossings and abroad begin on April 27 and end on May 9, the electoral authority YSK announced on Tuesday. In Turkey itself there will be elections on May 14th. If no candidate wins the presidential election, there will be a runoff on May 28th. In that case, Turkish citizens abroad can vote between May 20 and 24, according to the YSK.

The parliamentary and presidential elections are seen as a test for Recep Tayyip Erdogan (69), who has been in power for 20 years. According to polls, his re-election is anything but certain. Last week, an alliance of six parties put up opposition leader Kemal Kilicdaroglu (74) as an opposing candidate. Smaller parties also want to register candidates. It is still unclear whether the important pro-Kurdish party HDP will put forward its own candidate or whether it will do so in favor of Kilicdaroglu.

For the parliamentary elections, both Erdogan's Islamic conservative governing party AKP and Kilicdaroglu's centre-left party CHP are running in alliances with other parties. The most important partner for Erdogan is the ultra-nationalist MHP, for Kilicdaroglu the national-conservative Iyi party.

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