Erdogan urges supporters to "guard ballot boxes"

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on May 28 urged his supporters at polling stations to guard the ballot boxes until the results of the second round of the presidential elections are summed up.

“I would like to thank everyone and everyone who has worked selflessly at the polling stations since early morning. I call on all my brothers and sisters to defend the ballot boxes until the tally. The time has come to defend the will of our people,” he stressed in a post posted on his Twitter page, Caliber.Az reports.

Polling stations in 81 provinces of Türkiye closed at 17:00 local time.

Sabahın erken saatlerinden beri sandıklarda fedakârca görev yapan her bir dava arkadaşıma teşekkür ediyorum.

Sonuçlar kesinleşinceye kadar tüm kardeşlerimi sandıklara sahip çıkmaya davet ediyorum.

Şimdi, milletimizin başımız üzerine olan iradesini son ana kadar koruma vakti!

— Recep Tayyip Erdoğan (@RTErdogan) May 28, 2023