Erdoğan, in power for twenty years, obtains at this stage 52.3% of the vote, against 47.7% for his opponent, Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu. Despite a strong desire for change on the part of part of the electorate, tired of the economic crisis, restrictions on freedoms and the hyper-presidentialisation of a power that has sent tens of thousands of opponents behind bars or in exile, the 69-year-old head of state came out with a five-point lead in the first round on 14th May.