Turkey held parliamentary and presidential elections on May 14. Although most public surveys showed Kılıçdaroğlu running neck-and-neck with President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan or defeating him in the first round, Kılıçdaroğlu finished the race lagging behind Erdoğan.
According to preliminary unofficial results, while Kılıçdaroğlu received 44.8 percent of the nationwide vote, the support for Erdoğan stood at 49.5 percent, which requires a runoff since neither of the candidates was able to exceed the 50 percent threshold.
The CHP leader on Tuesday asked the electorate in a video he posted on Twitter to cast their votes to support him, whether they like him or not, for the improvement of the economy in Turkey and to combat the depreciation of the Turkish lira.
“If [Erdoğan] comes [to power again], the [value of the US] dollar will rise to 30 lira. Remember, you will cast your vote not for me but for yourself. Let those who love their country come to the ballot box [to vote],” Kılıçdaroğlu said in the video.