Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said that the March 31 local elections will be the last ones he will witness as leader of the country, "this is a final for me, under the mandate given by the law this is my last election," he said, Ednews reports.
Erdogan met with 81 provincial representatives on Friday evening and told them that "with the authorization given by the law, this election is my last election, but the result that will come out of here will be the transfer of a trust for my brothers who will come after me." He added there is sufficient time to "make preparations accordingly and take steps accordingly, so that we can give the necessary answer to those who look at things very differently on the evening of March 31. As of April 1, let's start a new era," local media reported.
Erdogan has been in power since 2014 and was re-elected in May 2023 after getting 52.14% of the vote.