Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan confirmed May 14 as the date for holding the presidential and legislative elections, AFP reports, Agerpres reads.

„I will use my authority to advance the elections on May 14”, said the head of the Turkish state at a meeting with young people held in the city of Bursa.

„It’s not about early elections (…), but about the adjustment of the calendar to take into account the date of the exams”, he motivated the earlier organization of these elections compared to the originally planned period.

Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who will run for a new mandate, became prime minister in 2003, so that, following the amendment of the Constitution, he became president, elected directly by universal suffrage, in 2014.

The Turkish opposition announced its intention to return to a regime parliamentarian, in case of a victory.

Agerpres