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Njengoba bobabili abangenele ukhetho lukamongameli eTurkey beqhubeka nokukhankasa, izakhamizi zaseTurkey ezihlala ngaphandle kwaleli lizwe seziqalile ukuvota.
Abantu baseTurkey abangaba yizigidi ezingu-3.4 abahlala phesheya bavumelekile ukuvota emncintiswaneni ophakathi kuka-Recep Tayyip Erdogan kanye no-Kemal Kilicdaroglu obambe iqhaza.
Abavoti baseTurkey ababalelwa ku-1.5m ababhalise eJalimane banesikhathi kuze kube uMeyi 24 ukuthi bavote emzuliswaneni wesibili wokhetho, ozoba seTurkey ngoMeyi 28.
Lolu khetho lungolunye lwezingxabano kakhulu ezikhathini zamuva nje, njengoba lufakazelwe olayini babavoti ehhovisi lenxusa laseTurkey eRome naphezu kwezulu lemvula.
Inxusa laseTurkey eRoma, u-Ömer Gücük, ube ngowokuqala ukuvota.
Abantu baseTurkey e-Italy bazokwazi ukuvota ngoMeyi 20, 21 no-22 eNxusa laseRome kanye naku-Consulate General eMilan.
ESpain, izakhamizi zaseTurkey nazo seziqalile ukuvota. Amaphepha okuvota asuka eMadrid naseBarcelona azothunyelwa ngendiza eTurkey ngezindiza ezihleliwe zeTurkish Airlines ephelezelwa yizithunywa zenxusa ekuseni ngoMeyi 23.
Emzuliswaneni wokuqala wokhetho, bangu-3,510 kwabangu-5,838 abavotile eSpain abavotile.
Kumele siqhubeke
Khonamanjalo, abangenele ukhetho bayaqhubeka nokukhankasa.
Umholi weqembu eliphikisayo uKemal Kilicdaroglu ufunge wagomela ukuthi uzothumela izigidi zabantu bokufika ngomyalezo oqinile ohlose ukuzuza ukwesekwa ngumuntu olwela ubuzwe osize ukucindezela ivoti likamongameli langempelasonto edlule.
ITurkey ithathe izigidi zabafuduki abavela ezweni elingumakhelwane iSyria ikakhulukazi ngenxa yempi yombango kulelo zwe kodwa futhi muva nje ngenxa yokuzamazama komhlaba okwahlasela womabili la mazwe ngoFebhuwari.
Emzuliswaneni wokuqala ngeSonto eledlule, umholi weqembu eliphikisayo odumile uphume cishe ngamaphuzu amahlanu ngemuva kukaMongameli Recep Tayyip Erdogan, ongumdlali ophikisayo ongcono kakhulu ekubuseni kuka-Erdogan weminyaka eyishumi.
Kodwa akuphumelelanga kulokho obekulindelwe wukuvota kwangaphambi kokhetho futhi kwashiya abaphikisi bebonakala bedangele.
Lo mdlali oneminyaka engu-74 ubudala uselungise kabusha iqembu lakhe lokukhankasa futhi waqinisa umyalezo wakhe ukuze anqobe abavoti baseTurkey abaphiko lwesokudla kumqhudelwano wangoMeyi 28.
Ngakolunye uhlangothi, u-Erdogan wathatha umkhankaso wakhe waya e-Adiyaman, elinye lamadolobha athinteke kakhulu ukuzamazama komhlaba.
Utshele ingqungquthela ukuthi imbangi yakhe yathi uKilicdaroglu kufanele axolise ngenkulumo yamalungu eqembu lakhe ngokumelene nezisulu zokuzamazama komhlaba.
