<p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify;">Ruling for two decades, Turkiye's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is all in for the Presidential elections scheduled for Sunday on a war-footing. His main rival in the run-up is Kemal Kilicdaroglu who has garnered support from allies from across the political spectrum who have come together as never before. His focus area is peace and democracy.</p>''<p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"> </p>''<p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify;">On the other hand, Recep Tayyip Erdogan stated that he had kept Turkiye standing tall despite many challenges, including the economy with its rampant inflation and February's catastrophic double earthquakes. Both these issues dominate the election campaign which is being held for both the presidency and parliament.</p>''<p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"> </p>''<p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify;">While the supporters of both candidates are sure of their leader's victory, the candidates themselves are confident of their wins. This is visible from the opinion polls numbers which have boosted the morale of Kilicdaroglu's supporters. Even though Mr Kilicdaroglu's party is secular to the core, he has worked hard to reach out to women who wear the headscarf. The six parties have rallied under the slogan Haydi (Come on!) and a campaign song of the same name.</p>''<p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"> </p>''<p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify;">With each passing day the elections have become more tense and focused as out of the four candidates, Muharrem Ince withdrew on the issues of illegitimate videos doing rounds in social media.</p>''<p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"> </p>''<p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify;">Although Erdogan's party commands strong support, he relies on the backing of the nationalist MHP and other smaller groups in his People's Alliance. His greatest support is mainly from conservative or nationalist Turks, and he is strongly opposing of the West as well as the LGBT community.</p>''<p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"> </p>''<p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222;">These political alliances have become essential under Turkiye's political system, as a party needs 7% of the national vote to get into parliament or be part of an alliance that does. Whoever wins the presidency will need to have sufficient support in parliament to back their plans. More than 64 million people are expected to vote at home and abroad on Sunday. To win outright, a candidate will have to secure more than half the vote. If no candidate gets at least 50% plus one vote in the first round, the presidential election will go to a second round on 28 May between the two who received the most votes.</span></p>