On June 24, 2018, the presidential and parliamentary elections were held in Turkey. The fact that the voter turnout was high at almost 87% indicates that the Turkish people have shown a keen interest in voting in order to make a decision on the political fate of their country. According to the official results announced by the Supreme Election Council, incumbent President Recep Tayyip Erdogan secured the majority of votes winning in the first round with 52.59% (26,324,482) of the votes cast. His main opponent Muharrem Ince came in the second place gaining 30.64% (15,336,594) of votes, followed by Selahaddin Demirtas, Meral Aksener, Temel Karamollaoglu, and Dogu Perincek with 8.4% (4,205,219), 7.29% (3,649,233), 0.89% (443,766)
Zhengizkhan Zhanaltay is a deputy director in the Eurasian Research Institute at H.A.Yassawi Kazakh Turkish International University. Zhengizkhan completed his bachelor’s degree at international relations department of KIMEP University in 2010. He completed his master thesis named ‘Oralmans integration into Kazakhstani Society: Turkish Kazakh Case’ in International Relations department of KIMEP University in 2014. His research interests include international migration politics, labor and ethnic migrants social and economic integration into society and remittance.