Third inauguration of Recep Tayyip Erdoğan
The third inauguration of Recep Tayyip Erdoğan as the president of Turkey took place on Saturday, 3 June 2023, at the Presidential Complex in Ankara.
Recep Tayyip Erdoğan after being sworn-in as the president of Turkey.
President Erdogan addressing the guests
Erdoğan, Azerbaijan's President Ilham Aliyev, Armenia's Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and Uzbekistan's Prezident Shavkat Mirziyoyev
Ilham Aliyev and First Lady Mehriban Aliyeva attend a dinner hosted on behalf of President Erdoğan in Ankara
2023 Turkish presidential election
Presidential elections were held in Turkey in May 2023, alongside parliamentary elections, to elect a president for a term of five years. Dubbed the most important election of 2023,
the presidential election went to a run-off for the first time in Turkish history. The election had originally been scheduled to take place on 18 June, but the government moved them forward by a month to avoid coinciding with the university exams, the Hajj pilgrimage and the start of the summer holidays. It is estimated that a total of 64 million voters had the right to cast their votes in elections, 60.9 million in Turkey and 3.2 million abroad.
2023 Turkish presidential election
Sinan Oğan launching his campaign
Ballot paper (1st round)
Ballot paper (2nd round)