The presidential and parliamentary elections in Turkey will take place in May, after the holy month of Ramadan, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced on Wednesday, AFP and Reuters report, Agerpres reads.

Without clearly mentioning the date of the election, Erdogan let it be understood that it will take place „73 years” after the victory of the Democratic Party (conservative) on May 14, 1950.

„Our people will say no to the Table of 6 (the platform of the Turkish opposition) on the same day as 73 years ago,” said the head of state at a meeting with elected officials of his political formation, the Justice and Development Party (AKP, conservative).

Ramadan takes place in 2023 from March 23 to April 21. The AKP has been in power in Turkey since 2002. Erdogan, who will run for a new mandate, became prime minister in 2003, so that, following the amendment of the Constitution, he became president, directly elected by universal suffrage, in 2014.

The Turkish opposition has announced its intention to return to a parliamentary regime, in the event of a victory.

The Democratic Party, founded in 1946 by Adnan Menderes and his supporters – dissidents from the formation of Mustafa Kemal „Atatürk”, considered the father of modern Turkey -, won the elections of May 14, 1950.

Ten years later, he was removed from power following a puc, and then it was dissolved. Erdogan has repeatedly compared himself to Adnan Menderes. The Table of 6 is an electoral alliance created by six opposition parties, the main one being the Republican People’s Party (CHP, founded by Kemal).

Only the People’s Democratic Party (HDP, pro-Kurd), the third force in the legislature, did not join this alliance.

Agerpres