Recep Tayyip Erdogan is close to winning a new presidential term in Turkey according to most expectations. Erdogan won a percentage slightly below the threshold of 50% necessary for direct victory in the first round of the elections held on May 14.
His rival Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu, head of the secular Republican People's Party, received 44.9% of the vote, while the ultra-nationalist Sinan Ogan received 5.17%. Erdogan did not seek any significant change in his speech or the map of his alliances, but he was able to obtain the support of Ogan.