“National duty”: Kilicdaroglu calls on foreign Turks to vote Andrei Medvedev allegedly fled from the Wagner group – now he wants to return to Russia

In the race for the Turkish presidency, incumbent President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s challenger has urged Turks living abroad to vote. Voting for the second round is a “national duty” for citizens wherever they are in the world, Kemal Kilicdaroglu said in a speech published on Twitter Friday evening.

He described the May 28 decision as a referendum that goes beyond elections. Kilicdaroglu pointed to the 2018 referendum, which resulted in an increase in presidential powers – including more control over the judiciary. “You saw what happened after the last referendum. This is the last resort for our country,” said the opposition leader. Erdogan is the favorite for the second round at home and abroad after narrowly missing out on an outright majority in the first round on May 14.

It is Turkey’s first presidential election in its history. In Germany, about 61 million people are called to vote. There are also about 3.4 million eligible voters living abroad, 1.5 million of whom live in Germany alone. You can cast your vote from next Saturday until May 24th.

(sda/dpa)