The President of Turkey, together with his wife, came to the polls to meet with the voters in one of the secondary schools. The children attracted the special attention of the head of state – he handed them 200-lira banknotes.
Turkey’s current President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, along with his wife Emine Erdogan, voted in the new presidential election to be held on May 14 at Saffet Chebi High School in Istanbul. In the Turkish edition of Last Minute, it is written that before the vote, Erdoğan took money out of his pocket and distributed it to the children.
“We pray to Allah for the future of our nation and Turkish democracy. It is important that all our voters cast their votes before 17:00. I follow Turkish democracy, my interior minister reported that the process proceeded smoothly and without incident,” he told the gathered supporters.
Erdogan’s visit to the school lasted about 10-15 minutes: He took lots of pictures with Turkish citizens in the corridors and answered questions. The children took from him banknotes worth 200 lira, about 380 hryvnia.
It is not the first time that the President of Türkiye has resorted to such a gesture. While visiting the earthquake zone in southeast Turkey in February, distributed money for children.
Recall that according to a poll conducted by Konda on May 11, Recep Tayyip Erdogan could lose the presidential election to his main rival, Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu. 5 points behind.
Focus Earlier, we analyzed the features of the presidential elections in Turkey in detail. Recep Tayyip Erdogan has been ruling the country for 20 years.
Source: Focus
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