By Athena Papakosta

The debate about the elections in Turkey leaves behind the first round and turns to the second, which is scheduled to be held on the last Sunday of May.

The president of Turkey appears pleased and prepares to triumph, he says, despite a margin of about 2.5 million votes over his presidential rival, Kemal Kilicdaroglu. “We will emerge victorious from the May 28 election by increasing the percentage of votes we obtained on May 14 and we hope to achieve a historic success. With the help of Allah, May 28 will be the beginning of Turkey’s century.”

The runner-up in the first round of the presidential race, Kemal Kilicdaroglu, bangs his hand on the table, tries to raise the morale in the opposition camp and appeals to young voters for their support. “Dear young people, the first round of elections is over. Those who want change now outnumber those who don’t in this country. Now let’s see what we have at the end of the day. A bottomless darkness. We have 12 days or we will get out of this dark tunnel or we won’t get out,” he emphasized.

The international media are steadily talking about the country’s most lopsided contest in decades, highlighting the fact that Kemal Kilicdaroglu is the front-runner for the presidency leading Recep Tayyip Erdogan to a tight second round while considering how the third candidate could of the presidential race of the first Sunday, o nationalist Sinan Ogan to shape the final result.

However, in the camp of the united opposition, according to Turkish media, gloom prevails. “Central” person, the strong pole between the “Six”, Meral Aksener and her irritation about the result. After all, she has already stood up and left the table once, asking for a candidate who would have a greater chance of winning, disagreeing with the candidacy of Kilicdaroglu, who has been losing against Erdogan since 2010.

At the same time, analysts predict his victory Turkish president but, Turkish society is divided. Voters speak up and explain that they are worried about the day ahead. But those who speak, or at least as many of their statements as reach our country, know what they will vote for, they are not undecided and are expected to come to the polls on the last Sunday of May en masse, once again forming queues.

The course of the economy in Turkey is by no means guaranteed. Whether with Erdogan or Kilicdaroglu, Turkish citizens will continue to make sacrifices. With the Turkish president still waking up poorer every day because of his unorthodox policies dubbed Erdoganomics and the candidate of the united opposition because of an orthodox economic approach that will require measures to curb inflation. In both versions, in these two scenarios, the International Monetary Fund, according to experts, will return.

For now, Recep Tayyip Erdogan promises “the beginning of Turkey’s century” and Kemal Kilicdaroglu the return of spring. In 11 days from today we will know.