<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?><oembed><version>1.0</version><provider_name>EU-Logos</provider_name><provider_url>https://eulogos.blogactiv.eu</provider_url><author_name>EU Logos</author_name><author_url>https://eulogos.blogactiv.eu/author/communicationeulogos/</author_url><title>FactOfTheDay 25/06/2018 – Recep Tayyip Erdogan reelected, the irrevocable Caliph at the Gates of Europe</title><html>&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;Today, the Turkish Head of state, Recep Tayyip Erdogan was reelected by an absolute majority of the votes cast in the first round.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;More than 56 million voters were called to ballot for the presidential election but also for the legislative elections. Mr. Erdogan was seeking a new mandate after 15 years of undivided reign. These early elections occur 19 months ahead of the schedule, as requested by the president&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;« &lt;em&gt;The winner of this election is democracy, the national will. The winner of this election is each of the 81 million of our fellow citizens&lt;/em&gt;  » Erdogan declared on Sunday, while his supporters cheered him in front of the headquarters of the Justice and Development Party (AKP, Islamic-conservative, in power), in Ankara.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;According to the state-run Anatolian news agency, Erdogan was at the top of the presidential election with a score of 52.5% after counting more than 99% of the ballot boxes, and the AKP-dominated alliance led with 53.61% in the legislative part of the vote. Its main competitor, the Social Democrat Muharrem Ince, came in second in the presidential election with 30.7% votes, while the anti-Erdogan alliance formed by several opposition parties for the legislative part of the poll collects 34%, according to the partial results published by Anatolia.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;The opposition questions the results and denounces fraud. The MP Bülent Tezcan, spokesman for the Republican People&rsquo;s Party (CHP), at a press conference at his party&rsquo;s headquarters in Ankara, denounced « a gross manipulation » of the Anatolian agency that transmits results « unreal ». Fearing fraud, especially in the Kurdish-dominated Southeast, opponents and NGOs mobilized several hundred thousand observers to monitor polling stations. « In the region, there were assaults, threats to arrest our observers, » Tezcan said.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;« Whether you like it or do not like it, you have to admit that Erdogan knows how to read the Turkish people, » confirms Bayram Balci, director of the French Center for Anatolian Studies in Istanbul. He observes that « the vogue of populist powers is not reserved for Turkey alone ». Indeed, the very first congratulatory message received by Erdogan for his re-election, came from Viktor Orbán, the far-right Hungarian Prime Minister.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;Jean-Hugues Migeon&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;For further information&lt;/strong&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;About the situation in Turkey &#8211; EU-Logos Website &#8211; « Situation des droits de l&rsquo;Homme en Turquie: que fait l&rsquo;Europe ? » by Maurane Delpeuch&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.eu-logos.org/?p=23075&quot;  rel=&quot;noopener&quot;&gt;http://www.eu-logos.org/?p=23075&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;About the fraud&rsquo;s allegation &#8211; Le Monde Website&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.lemonde.fr/europe/article/2018/06/24/elections-en-turquie-l-opposition-denonce-des-tentatives-de-fraude_5320502_3214.html&quot;  rel=&quot;noopener&quot;&gt;https://www.lemonde.fr/europe/article/2018/06/24/elections-en-turquie-l-opposition-denonce-des-tentatives-de-fraude_5320502_3214.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.lemonde.fr/international/article/2018/06/23/en-turquie-des-elections-aux-enjeux-inedits-pour-erdogan-face-a-une-opposition-ragaillardie_5320227_3210.html&quot;  rel=&quot;noopener&quot;&gt;https://www.lemonde.fr/international/article/2018/06/23/en-turquie-des-elections-aux-enjeux-inedits-pour-erdogan-face-a-une-opposition-ragaillardie_5320227_3210.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;La Libre Website&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.lalibre.be/actu/international/la-turquie-a-reussi-un-nouveau-test-democratique-a-declare-erdogan-apres-sa-victoire-5b3072735532b88509fb863b&quot;  rel=&quot;noopener&quot;&gt;http://www.lalibre.be/actu/international/la-turquie-a-reussi-un-nouveau-test-democratique-a-declare-erdogan-apres-sa-victoire-5b3072735532b88509fb863b&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Liberation Website&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.liberation.fr/planete/2018/06/25/turquie-et-a-la-fin-c-est-erdogan-qui-gagne_1661660&quot;  rel=&quot;noopener&quot;&gt;http://www.liberation.fr/planete/2018/06/25/turquie-et-a-la-fin-c-est-erdogan-qui-gagne_1661660&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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