In an election considered by some to be the most important in the modern history of Turkey since the fall of the Ottoman sultanate, the turnout rate approached.

 Edited by| Hugh Gey

 Politic section -  CJ journalist

Ankara – May,16 ,2023

  At the 90% ballot box, as the political controversy intensifies and the economic situation in the country deteriorates, Turkey is preparing

To run for a second round of presidential elections, after both outgoing President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who ruled, were unable to

Turkey since 2003 and his rival Kemal klitschdaroglu, coming from the Republican People's Party, obtained a percentage (50%+1) to ensure

Winning

Here another unknown Turkish politician appears on the scene, namely "Sinan Ogan", who ran in the elections as a candidate for the alliance

"Ata" (grandparents) consisting of four ultra-nationalist right-wing parties, the most prominent of which are the victory party and the "Justice" party

Sinan Ogan was a radical fringe Turkish politician who was almost unknown outside Turkey, but over the next two weeks, he

He becomes the most important figure in Turkish politics, and the political fate of one of the contenders is likely to be decided by President Recep

Tayyip Erdogan or Kemal klitschdaroglu after receiving 5.17%, which is enough to swing one of the candidates

Sinan Ogan (55), an academician of Azerbaijani origin, studied at the Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences and then received

Ph.D. in international relations from Moscow State University in Russia, speaks both English and Russian

It is not clear whether Ogan will set conditions for his support for any of the candidates and what they may be, but his previous affiliations

And his political positions may give an indication of how his supporters will vote

Ogan said that Turkish nationalists and Kemalists will be the "determinants of the run-off round" and Kemalism refers to an ideology

Secular, pro-Republican Turkey as conceived by its founder Mustafa Kemal Ataturk

The candidate from the "alliance of ancestors" has long been known for a hard-line speech on the issue of refugees, often described as

"Racist"

Ogan has repeatedly called for the return of refugees, especially Syrians, to their country, vowing to return them "forcibly if necessary" in the event of

Winning the election

It is noteworthy that the "grandfathers alliance" did not present any clear political or economic programs for the presidential elections, and focused most of its campaign

Elections on the issue of returning Syrian refugees to their country

Murat Sumer, a professor of political science at CoJ University in Istanbul, said that Ogan criticizes Erdogan and Kilicdaroglu together, but

The majority of his voters are closer to the president than his main rival, noting that the results of the parliamentary elections have already given Erdogan

And the Justice and Development Party to which he belongs has a leading advantage.

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