Erdogan and his rival Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu both failed to secure a majority in the first round on 14 May and the election went to a run-off for the first time in Turkish history.

[7] On the 14 April 2023, Bianet reported that Turgut Kazan, a former President of the Istanbul Bar Association who opposed Erdoğans candidacy, appealed before the European Court of Human Rights alleging in that the Turkish Constitution in which only two presidential terms are foreseen counts for everyone also for the YSK.

[4] He promises that he is able to lower the inflation to numbers of single digits and aims for Mehmet Simsek, (a former Finance Minister) to craft a new economic policy.

[14] In foreign policy he aims for normalizing the ties with Egypt, Saudi Arabia and Israel in an attempt to forge an "Axis of Turkey".

[14] On 25 April, during an interview with news reporters in a joint-live broadcast between Kanal 7 and Ülke TV, the livestream was suddenly cut.

[17][18] On 29 April, the Erdoğan family attended the Istanbul Airshow, which brought rumors of heart attack to a closure.