AMMAN — On Sunday, the much-anticipated
Turkish presidential and parliamentary elections kicked off as millions of eligible voters headed to
the polls.
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Spread across Turkey, more than 191,000 ballot boxes were
made available for citizens to determine the next president and select new
members for the Turkish parliament.
There are over 60 million
eligible voters in Turkey, and an
estimated 5 million individuals are set to cast their votes for the very first
time.
A diverse array of candidates from various political parties
are competing for the 600 seats in the Turkish parliament, while an additional
151 candidates are running independently.
Three are competing for the post of president, namely the
candidate of the "People's Alliance", current President Recep Tayyip
Erdogan, "Nation's Alliance" candidate Kamal Kilicdaroglu, and Sinan
Ogan, the candidate for the "Ata (ancestors ) Alliance" according to
the Anadolu agency.
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