Turkish elections.. Ogan talks about Erdogan and Kılıçdaroğlu dismisses his media assistant

 In Turkey, statements and partisan reactions continue about the second round of the presidential elections scheduled before the end of this month, in which President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and opposition candidate Kemal Kilicdaroglu will meet.

Erdogan vowed victory in the second round. While Kilicdaroglu warned his supporters of despair, and dismissed his assistant for media affairs; The third-ranked candidate, Sinan Ogan, said that his pivotal role was to prevent Erdogan from delivering his victory speech, and revealed that he had received a call from both parties.

The Turkish Elections Authority announced that a second round of presidential elections would be held on May 28 between Erdogan and his main rival, Kemal Kilicdaroglu.

This is the first time that a run-off has taken place in the Turkish presidential elections in 100 years.

The head of Turkey's Supreme Electoral Commission, Ahmed Yanar, said that both candidates, Erdogan and Kilicdaroglu, did not get enough votes to win the first round. A second round of the presidential elections will be held on May 28.

Yanar added that Erdogan won 49.51% of the vote, while Kılıçdaroğlu received 44.88%, Sinan Oğan 5.17%, and the withdrawing candidate, Muharram Ince, received 0.44%.