By Athena Papakosta

Turkey, as everything shows, leads to a second round of presidential elections with “too tough to die” Erdogan and “we win” Kemal Kilindaroglu once again taking up battle positions for the… battle of battles, which takes place in less than two weeks from Sunday 28 May.

The first round from a night of triumph, according to the pollsters, for Kemal Kilicdaroglu, turned into a war of nerves and a night of agony in the country where everyone declares… winners.

On the one hand, Mr Recep Tayyip Erdogan who didn’t lose but still hasn’t won and on the other hand, the leader of the Alliance of Six, who didn’t win but still… hasn’t lost.

The united opposition did not sleep last night. Not because she was measuring her stamina to stay focused but because she was questioning how the results would be transmitted.

The thriller of the ballot box turned into a thriller about the results which, inevitably, brought a thriller of reactions and declarations.

In his first reaction, early last night, the opposition presidential candidate, Kemal Kilicdaroglu emphasized that “We are winning” while, for his part, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, through the Twitter platform, emphasized that “the hasty announcement of results” by the Kilicdaroglu camp “while the elections were held in such a positive and democratic atmosphere” is equivalent to ” usurpation of the will of the people”. “You are blocking the will of the people”, then replied the head of the People’s Republican Party, pointing out that “there are polls for which objections have been made up to 11 times”, while earlier calling the opposition observers to the polling stations and the employees of the electoral committee not to leave their positions.

“We won’t sleep tonight. I am warning the Supreme Electoral Council, you must ensure the registration of the data in the provinces”, he emphasized.

There had been repeated statements by the mayors of Turkey’s two largest cities who repeated that it was their “duty” to “pursue justice even for one vote”.

In more detail, the mayor of Istanbul, Ekrem Imamoglu and the mayor of the Turkish capital, Ankara, Mansur Yavas insisted on the manipulation of the transmission of the preliminary results with the strong card of the opposition Imamoglu insisting that the 13th president of Turkey will be Kilicdaroglu.

In the merry-go-round of positions, that of Meral Aksener also stands out, who also supports Erdogan’s presidential opponent. “We will chase every vote until the end,” emphasized the president of the Good Party.

In Ankara, however, the Turkish president gave a triumphant and energetic speech. He left the offices of the Justice and Development Party, in the Turkish capital, singing “to those who listen and those who don’t listen. To those who ask and don’t ask… We love him, we love him very much.”

But while Tayyip Erdoğan was speaking to the gathered crowd of his supporters, the integration was at around 87% and, according to analysts, he was trying to control the post-election narrative of the vote, even emphasizing that “some are on the balcony tonight and others are in the their kitchen”.

He spoke of a celebration of democracy. He said he had always been honest with his people and explained that “although the results are not yet clear, we are ahead.” For the Turkish president, the first round might even have brought him victory. That’s what he said at night while waiting for the integration of the foreign vote.

At the same time, in the Kilindaroglu camp, also in Ankara, according to Erdogan “bye-bye Kemal” in his own statements emphasized that he “accepts a second round” making it clear that he will win while pointing out that “elections are not won on the balcony” . For Erdogan himself, he has no reason to celebrate and this because “he did not receive the people’s vote of confidence”. More specifically, he pointed out that “the popular desire for change is higher than 50%”.

The next day in Turkey, a regulator – under conditions – seems to be the third presidential candidate, Sinan Ogan, who gathers 5% of the vote. So far, however, he is keeping his fingers crossed on who his own alliance will support in the second round of the country’s presidential elections.

In the next day in Turkey, the battle will develop into a battle of nerves with analysts insisting they fear riots and chaos due to the division which is also reflected in the “tight” results of the first ballot.

In a country of approximately 65 million voters, 93.6% voted! In short, almost everyone went to the polls. For the Western Media, Tayyip Erdoğan may be entitled to smile but not to rejoice, however, Kemal Kilindaroglu has now lost his status as a favorite. The squares, as Erdoğan had said before the election, spoke and the polls fell out once again.

Turkey remains more polarized than ever. She wakes up divided since one of her… half wants Erdogan in power and the other half wants change. The entire planet will continue to turn its eyes to its neighbor, examining who is counting the votes, watching the reactions of the losing side until there is a winner, checking how united the… united opposition will remain, giving the advantage now to Erdogan and all. those who renew our appointment for May 28 and the time of crisis.