Turkey’s devastating earthquake has thrown into disarray plans for elections to be held by June, sparking frantic debate within President Tayyip Erdogan’s government and the opposition over a possible delay. Even before the disaster the deadliest in the country’s modern history opinion polls suggested very tight presidential
The ex-speaker of the Turkish parliament, a senior member of President Erdogan’s ruling party, called for the postponement of general and presidential elections after the earthquake disaster, but experts say this is legally impossible.
The leader of Turkey s opposition Republican People s Party (CHP), Kemal Kilicdaroglu, said on Tuesday that the general election in Turkey must take place as scheduled in May or June despite the impact of devastating earthquakes