By Antonis Anzoletou

Massive rallies, fanaticism, shootings, extreme polarization and uncertainty. In this climate, the neighboring country is led to ballot boxes. The result directly concerns Greece, but in any case everything will depend both on the way the “big players” – the USA and the European Union – react, and on the moods of the new leadership.

There is still a long way to go before the new diplomatic barrage. The election game in Turkey appears to be turning around after Muharrem Ince’s surprise resignation from the presidential race. The former MP of the Republican People’s Party may have left without declaring any support for the Kemalist candidate, but the pre-election scene in Turkey is being set from the beginning and “tilting the scales”. Kilicdaroglu is reportedly supported by one in two Ince voters and two in ten support Erdogan.

With Tayyip Erdogan two decades in power one cannot predict what the next day holds. From the moment he decided with his statements to awaken the memories of the 2016 coup attempt, tomorrow’s polls are turning into a “thriller”.

Unless it’s just a ploy to rally his base. What if the last measurements they show Kemal Kilicdaroglu leading by seven points and over 50%? The possible defeat of the current president is seen by his supporters as a defeat for the institutions. Perhaps the most “nightmare” scenario would be for Tayyip Erdogan to narrowly lose power on Sunday night. In this case, the questioning of the result and the intensity that will follow, according to many analysts, is considered almost a given.

It is an electoral battle that could also lead to a pattern of divided governance. The current head of the opposition to win the presidency and Erdogan the Parliament or vice versa. The current president, if ultimately defeated, will have been betrayed by the economy. He failed to change the climate and the killer earthquakes came and delivered the gratuitous shot.

Despite his marginal poll “climbing”. Kilicdaroglu above 50% the second round cannot be excluded. And a big role will be played by what will be the result in Parliament. Whichever of the two contenders gets the majority will try to show that it represents stability. The fact that Meral Aksener has her own list makes her partner’s job very difficult and gives Erdogan an advantage. In the current president’s camp, they express many doubts about the post-election unity of the six. They believe or hope that ideological differences or personal ambitions will sooner or later lead the alliance to collapse. From Kilicdaroglu’s side, they declare that the people have lost their trust in Erdogan and now there is no going back.