Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s rival may not be able to rule the country even if he wins the country’s presidential race, the head of Turkey’s top electoral body said.
Turkey’s Supreme Electoral Council is the highest authority on elections, and remarks by its chairman could imperil Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu’s chances to be nominated by the country’s opposition leaders to run in the June elections after a conviction for insulting officials.
If a political ban is imposed on Imamoglu after he’s officially nominated, then “he may run in elections, but cannot get his mandate as a president even if he wins,” said Muharrem Akkaya, the head of Turkey’s Supreme Electoral Council, in an interview with Haberturk late Friday.
