Independent polls before the vote showed Kilicdaroglu leading the incumbent by a few points, buoying opposition hopes after two decades in Erdogan’s shadow. Sari was hard on herself, citing blind spots that held true for other opposition supporters. Others thought the opposition may have misread the shifting politics of Turkey’s youngest voters. In the second round, though, she said she would vote for Kilicdaroglu, and was dismayed that Erdogan had gathered so many first-round votes. “I would like to see a new order arrive, a state apart from Erdogan,” she said.

Source: Washington Post May 18, 2023 00:44 UTC