The presidential election in Turkey will be held on June 18, 2023, the country's Justice Minister Bekir Bozdag said on Friday.
"The presidential election in Turkey will be held on June 18, 2023. It will be the second election our president [Recep Tayyip Erdogan] will run for," the minister said in an interview with Miliyet newspaper.
Turkey's general (presidential and parliamentary) elections, according to local law, are held on the same day and are initially scheduled for June 2023. The ruling People's Alliance had previously announced that incumbent President Erdogan would be their only candidate. The opposition, represented by a bloc of six parties, has not yet named its candidate.
The opposition had previously stated that the incumbent Turkish president could not run in the election because it would be his third term. The head of the ministry has repeatedly said that the upcoming presidential election will be Erdogan's second since Turkey switched from a parliamentary to a presidential form of government in 2018.
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Based on materials TASS