Erdogan and rival Davutoglu dispute over election vote counting

2023-05-14T19:58:11.116Z

Highlights: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says announcement of election results while counting process is still underway means stealing the will of the people. His rival Kemal Kilicdaroglu calls on electoral authorities to record all results nationwide. Erdogan wrote on Twitter in his first message since the end of the vote: "Trying to announce the results hastily means usurping the national will" Kilicdaroglu also tweeted that "we will not sleep tonight" and called for all ballots to be counted. The election was held in a "positive and democratic atmosphere," Erdogan said.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Sunday that speeding up the announcement of election results while the counting process is still underway means stealing the will of the people, while his rival Kemal Kilicdaroglu called on electoral authorities to record all results nationwide.