The political climate in Turkey is explosive in the “par five” of the crucial election that will elect the President of the country.

The parameters that will determine the winner, are placed at the center of the public sphere regardless of the fact that Erdogan’s victory is given the impression that it is already discounted.

The existing data, polls and analysts, judge in any case a rather unlikely scenario for his defeat since the numbers are “relentless” and after the impressive 49.5% it takes only half a percentage point to “cut the thread” and be re-elected president , managing to reach ¼ century of rule.

Its difference Erdogan by Kilicdaroglu is estimated at two and a half million voters, while 2.8 million Turkish citizens voted for Ogan who finished third and had even allied with him.

In any case, the approximately 300,000 voters of Ince cannot significantly change the data, while otherwise there are eight million voters who stayed away from the first pre-election battle and for them there may be a question mark.

Turkey’s pro-Kurdish parties, however, confirmed they would support the opposition presidential candidate in Sunday’s run-off election without naming him, a day after they expressed outrage over his deal with a far-right party.

All this, of course, is happening at the same time that Turkish citizens have become complicit in an unprecedented “crescendo” of extreme rhetoric and the debates seem to be becoming more polarized than ever with the two rival leaders launching unprecedented accusations from each side and “crossing their swords”. in an effort to attract as many voters as they can.

Tayyip Erdoğan in his statements accused his political opponent of having relations with terrorists.

The leader of the opposition Kemal KilicdarogloHe accused him of cowardice, accusing him of trying to hinder his election campaign, even blocking his sending of written messages to journalists.

Kilicdaroglu, through his personal Twitter account, also stated that one of the first decrees he will pass, if elected, will be broadcasting matches on TRT public television without subscription.

In any case, the vital stakes of this electoral battle are judged not only in terms of who will lead Turkey, but also in terms of how the country will be governed, where its economy will be headed and what form its foreign policy will take. .

Elections in the shadow of… D.N.T

Tomorrow’s crucial presidential election in Turkey takes place amid a sweeping economic crisis that is testing the limits of Turkish society’s endurance.

His ghost International Monetary Fund looms over the country as the pound-to-dollar rate has sunk to an all-time low, inflation is running at 44% and default risk premiums, so-called CDs, have soared.

The markets also feel fear since the remaining investors are leaving the country.

Some analysts are openly talking about the possibility of bankruptcy.

Between the two election contests the stock market has lost 200 points, Turkish risk premiums rose 195 basis points and the lira fell to a record low against the dollar.

The analyzes speak of a new devaluation of the lira by 20-25% immediately after the looming victory of Erdogan, which will further hurt the purchasing power of the Turks.

The country’s treasury is in the red and the loans from the Arab countries are not enough.

For many, the “old friend” who goes by the name of the IMF is preparing “return bags”.