President of Turkey for another 5 years, was re-elected Recep Tayyip Erdogan in yesterday’s second round of elections.

He likens his election victory to the fall of Polis, saying it is the gateway to Turkey’s entry into the new century. Immediately after the announcement of the election result, the longest-serving Turkish President described Anatolia as an “eternal Turkish homeland”, while in Kilicdaroglu’s camp there is concern and bitterness about the change that did not come.

Erdogan’s Fiesta with Muhammad the Conqueror and the Fall of the City

The celebrations for Erdoğan’s triumphant victory in the second round of the presidential elections have not gone down well and the Turkish president does not forget his nationalist rhetoric… Through Twitter he sends his message on the completion of 570 years since the Fall of Istanbul commemorating Muhammad the Conqueror.

As reported by ERT, from the first moment that his victory became apparent, Erdogan gave his mark for the sequel. He prevailed with 52.1% against 47.8% of Kilicdaroglu. In fact, choosing Istanbul for his first speech, with his eye also on the municipal elections of `24… He sang with the crowd, with his wife Emine next to him, moved. At the same time adopting a divisive and aggressive discourse towards the opposition… even embellishing the LGBTI-friendly rhetoric of Kemal Kilicdaroglu.

His appearance was similar from Ankara, where he chose to speak from the Presidential Palace, making a show of strength with tens of thousands of his supporters cheering him on… He paralleled his victory with Alaziz…

Again turning a blind eye to the economic crisis, Erdogan insisted that he will change the country’s image… The pound, however, even in the morning continued to fall against the dollar, standing at 20.03 pounds per dollar, close to a historic low. His nationalist delusion was followed by his supporters. From the early hours of the morning they gathered inside the Hagia Sophia shouting slogans, while queues formed outside for the morning prayer on the anniversary of the Fall. This morning only Suleiman Soylu gave.

In his first statements after the defeat, Kemal Kilicdaroglu promised that he will continue to fight, together with his partners.

While the mayor of Istanbul, Ekrem Imamoglou who visited the Mausoleum of Mohammed the Conqueror in his own message emphasized that everything starts again asking the people not to worry, after the result.

And while Erdogan made it clear that as long as he is not going to allow Selahattin Demirtas to be released from prison, the leader of the pro-Kurdish HDP party sent a message to his supporters on Twitter to keep fighting.

Erdogan plans the new government

Erdogan’s swearing-in is expected on Friday (2/6) and on the same day the announcement of the composition of his new Council of Ministers, as President Ibrahim Kalin’s advisor stated today.

The law does not allow MPs to be ministers and therefore those who are to become ministers will have to resign from their seats and therefore will not be sworn in. President Erdogan has already hinted that the new cabinet will be very refreshed. Already before the elections, various names of new ministers have been released, such as Erdogan’s secret presidential adviser, Ibrahim Kalin, for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, as well as the head of MIT, Hakan Fidan, for the Ministry of Defense, but other information brought Mevlut Cavusoglu, and Hulusi Akar also to remain in the new government. However, it is said that Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu will remain in his position, while there is intense interest in whether Sinan Ogan, the third presidential candidate who joined Tayyip Erdogan’s camp, will be used in the new government.

At the same time, the mayor of Istanbul, Ekrem Imamoglu, who was a member of the opposition alliance, gave a speech tonight on the occasion of the anniversary of the massacre.

What can change after the new dominance of Erdogan

Turkey under Erdogan has sought its strategic autonomy from his own grandiosity. And it has evolved into a country that transcends the boundaries of regional power. Its influence extends from North Africa, to the Caucasus, the Middle East and Southeast Asia.

So, with the outbreak of the war in Ukraine, came international geopolitical upheavals. Alliances and balances were disrupted. Hence the renewed American interest in the Eastern Mediterranean region. In addition, China’s penetration into the Middle East was also a catalyst, where it made its presence felt by interceding for Iran and Saudi Arabia to find each other again.

In this fluid scenario, Turkey is captive to Erdogan’s geopolitical ambition for strategic autonomy and the West is captive to the risk of pushing the Turkish President deeper into the arms of Putin and China.

In addition, Washington does not want to risk the strategically important relationship with Turkey, so where all this ferment will end up is too early to say.