Why did Erdogan win again in the Turkish elections?
The holding of Turkish presidential and parliamentary elections in May 2023 AH was an important event, the results of which were ultimately in favor of Erdogan.
The widespread economic crisis, the financial consequences of the great earthquake in Marash and 10 provinces around it, as well as the escalation of tensions and internal political differences, turned the said election into a very important and decisive political campaign. Many political analysts in Turkey and other countries believed that Erdogan and his political partner, the Baghçeli government, were handing over the result to their rivals due to the economic crisis and widespread popular discontent. They emphasized that the six important political parties of Turkey, for the first time, have created a broad political coalition called “Coalition of the Nation” which, despite some serious differences in tastes, revolves around the important goal of defeating Erdoğan. gathered under one roof and has a high chance of victory. However, with this description, Erdoğan managed to become the president of Turkey for the third time by winning 52% of the votes.
The re-victory of Erdoğan and his partner Dolat Baghçeli, the leader of the right party of the Nationalist Movement, once again faced the opposition parties of Erdoğan with disappointment and defeat. Since the rejection of the presidential political-executive system has a lot of authority in the hands of the president, and considering that the majority of 600 seats in the parliament are in the hands of Erdogan and Baghçeli, the opposition parties do not have a significant role in making important decisions and practically have power in their hands. Erdogan has been arrested. However; The general mobilization of Erdogan’s opponents did nothing, and the joint candidate supported by them, Kemal Kilicdaroglu, the leader of the People’s Republic Party, accepted defeat by winning 48 percent of the votes.