While many consider him the likely AKP candidate, becoming president would oblige him to give up the party leadership -- potentially weakening AKP ahead of the parliamentary elections.
Dok ga mnogi smatraju najvjerojatnijim kandidatom AKP-a, status predsjednika obvezao bi ga da se odrekne vodstva u stranci -- što bi moglo oslabiti AKP pred parlamentarne izbore.