In his speech delivered from his personal home in the Uskudar neighborhood on the Asian side, on Sunday evening, May 28, 2023, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, the winner of the presidency, stated that the one who won is the Turkish people, and that he thanks everyone who contributed to voting in these elections, especially youth, women and his election campaign, and stressed his connection to Istanbul and its audience.

The electoral battle was not easy, but fierce, trying to consolidate all negative propaganda against Erdogan and his party, and the media machine had a clear and significant role, especially in the mentality and souls of young people, in order to circumvent the achievements of men over two decades, in various fields, economic, political, social, and cultural.

The media machine of the Turkish opposition, or those who disagree with him from outside Turkey, tried to circumvent these achievements, by saying, "We want change and Erdogan has enough two decades of taking power," and in fact we can say that Erdogan won over those parties that include the Turkish opposition, and his haters abroad, including the following:

Polling Agency

Which was keen to color its results throughout the period before May 14, 2023, in the first electoral round, to show the progress of the opposition parties and their main candidate, Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu, to export a state of despair and negative psychological state to Erdogan's supporters and his party.

These agencies have lost their credibility with the man in the street in Turkey, after the election results that violated their expectations, and their position will later be questionable, but everyone may neglect them, and not look at them, so they were killed after the results of the first round, and were forced to try to modify their position in the second phase polls, which showed Erdogan's lead over his rival, but it was too late.

Credit Rating Agency

The credit rating agency was keen to export the problems that the Turkish economy is going through, in light of an unfavorable regional and global atmosphere at the political and economic levels. Reports on the situation of external debt, of which the private sector accounts for the largest share, or the high inflation rates, which came in an international atmosphere, which witnessed a significant rise in oil prices in international markets, as Turkey imports nearly 90% of its energy needs.

Western Media

Perhaps the results of the first stage, and the progress made by President Erdogan, made the Western media readjust its negative rhetoric towards Erdogan, although the editorial policy of the media materials published, in many Western media outlets, did not hide its desire to lose Erdogan in the second round, but the result of the second round came with the victory of President Erdogan to make The officials of this media are recalculating their accounts.

Political money

The role of the field of political money against the Turkish project was not subject to work in the field of media, through public relations campaigns to distort Erdogan and his party only, or in employing satellite channels that carry economic problems in Turkey undeterminedly, but there are two important things, which can be deduced through the performance of political money, especially by some major media, it is not far that the sources of political money hostile to Turkey have paid for those means to perform this role, hence Erdogan's victory is A victory over political money within the framework of Western media.

Erdogan's victory in the presidential elections is also a victory over political money inside Turkey, where an abnormal performance was observed in the fall in the price of the lira (the national currency), resulting in high inflation rates, and maximizing the phenomenon of dollarization, all of which lead to the grumbling of the Turkish voter.

Therefore, the Turkish stock exchange is expected to witness a positive performance over time, as well as the lira is expected to witness some improvement, or at least stop its decline against foreign currencies.

It was no secret that regional and international countries had a role in supporting those who tried to carry out the failed military coup in 2016, and these regional and international countries took the opportunity to overthrow Erdogan and his party in these elections, paying their political money generously, to achieve their goals, which they all failed in.

Erdogan is stronger than before

The results of the parliamentary and presidential elections have positive connotations for President Erdogan and the coalition he leads under the name of the "People's Alliance", through the new situation, Erdogan and his alliance can easily and smoothly pass economic legislation in Turkey during the coming period, which would facilitate the course of economic activity, whether for foreign investments, industry development, or international economic relations.

After these results, Erdogan can restore the positive psychological state among those concerned with economic affairs in Turkey, or among foreigners concerned with economic conditions and investment in Turkey.

Everyone knows the magnitude of the challenges faced by Erdogan and his party specifically in this electoral battle, which some saw as the end of Erdogan and his party, and the results came to confirm a comfortable victory in the second round of the presidency, and a victory with a more comfortable majority for parliamentary seats.

The most important result of the victory of Erdogan and his party is that it will enable him to better implement all his electoral promises, whether social or economic, and it will also issue a positive situation among investors and savers, that the country will live in a state of stability, and that its leadership is able to hold all the cards concerned with the economic and financial field.

Post-win challenge

Under the Turkish constitution, this will be the last term for the Turkish president, which will last until 2028, and there is no denying that Erdogan's personality has played a role in the successes achieved over more than two decades.

What is now required of Erdogan, his party, and even the coalition of the public, which includes other parties, is to prepare the leadership necessary to preserve not only this experience, but also to develop it and the continuation of Turkey's progress, and its economic transition from an emerging country to a developed country.

We believe that 5 years is enough to prepare the required leaders, especially young people whose desires have been heavily employed by the media machine of opposition parties, against President Erdoğan and his party, during the electoral battle.

Yes, the party is not empty or empty of youth and women's attendance, but it takes young leaders, who can be tested in the municipal elections to be held in 2024, and President Erdogan recalled them today in his speech from the balcony of his private house.

In conclusion: The political victory of President Erdogan and his party, in the May 2023 elections, reflected the existence of capabilities that are not easy or simple for Erdogan and the political leaders surrounding him, as the battle prompted Erdogan to present all but two ministers of his government in the parliamentary elections.

But the victory pushes more attention to the gains achieved, and work to increase them as well as their continuation, and from here Erdogan will continue to face challenges until he hands over power after 5 years, to his successor in the presidency of the country and the presidency of the party.