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.
Mada mnogi smatraju da će on verovatno biti kandidat AKP, ako postane predsednik morao bi da se odrekne mesta lidera stranke -- što bi potencijalno oslabilo AKP uoči parlamentarnih izbora.