The AKP, which holds 353 seats in parliament, including the speaker's, appeared confident Thursday that Gul could win a first-round victory Friday, despite the main opposition Republican People's Party's (CHP) planned boycott of the vote.
AKP, koja ima 353 poslanika u parlamentu, uključujući predsednika parlamenta, u četvrtak je delovala uvereno da Gul može da odnese pobedu u prvom krugu glasanja u petak, uprkos planiranom bojkotu glasanja od strane glavne opozicione stranke Republikanske narodne partije (CHP).