Our nation will say again, enough is enough for those preparing coups and they will appear to go to the polls the same day, 73 years later, the Turkish leader said during a meeting of the ruling Justice and Development Party , quoted by Cumhuriyet newspaper.
The President referred to the elections of May 14, 1950, in which the Democratic Party won and whose government was overthrown in a 1960 coup led by General Cemal Gursel at the head of the National Unity Committee.
We have prepared carefully for all elections we have participated in and have won all of them, Erdogan said.
In this sense, Erdogan acknowledged that the upcoming elections will deal with the impact of the recent crises in the world and in the country.
As a politician, I solve the problems of the region and the world by leading an agenda that has the vision of Türkiye Century, he stressed.
The president last December indicated his intention to seek popular support for a final five-year presidential term in the 2023 election before retiring from political life.
Previously, the current President served as Prime Minister between 2003 and 2014 and has served as the nation’s President ever since.
A 2017 constitutional amendment in Türkiye changed the system to an executive presidential model, thanks to which Erdogan was elected to office in 2018.
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