President Recep Tayyip Erdogan hinted on Saturday that Turkey’s upcoming elections could be held in May, a month earlier than scheduled.
“We have five months, no stop for five months,” Erdogan said during a rally in the Mediterranean city of Antalya, urging his grassroots supporters to conduct a door-to-door campaign ahead of presidential and parliamentary elections.
Erdogan, who’ll turn 69 in February, has dominated Turkish politics for almost two decades and turned the once-ceremonial post of president into the nexus of executive power. He said Thursday that the election — originally expected to be held June 18 — could be brought forward.
