A number of Turkish publications write about the early parliamentary elections held yesterday in Bulgaria.
"Bulgaria went to elections for the seventh time in the last three years". This is the title on the subject of v. “Huriet“.
"People in Bulgaria went to the polls for the seventh time in the last three years in the hope of ending political instability in the country,", the publication notes.
Voters could vote in around 13,000 polling stations opened in the country and abroad to determine the composition of the new 240-member Bulgarian parliament. A total of 168 polling stations were opened in Turkey, including in the cities of Edirne, Tekirdag, Kirklareli, Istanbul, Bursa, Eskişehir and Izmir, where there are many people with dual citizenship, Hurriyet reports.
The publication commented that the pre-election polls had predicted that between seven and nine political formations would enter the parliament, crossing the 4 percent electoral threshold, and the only way to form a government was accordingly to form a coalition.
"Hurriet“ writes about voter fatigue and low voter turnout, adding that “in the poorest country in the European Union, political instability in recent years has undermined voter confidence and interest in elections.
At the early parliamentary elections, held again in Bulgaria due to the impossibility of forming a government, “a coalition result came out again”, commented this morning “Tuna Gazete”.
The GERB party, led by former Prime Minister Boyko Borisov, is in first place, receiving the most votes. However, political uncertainty continues, the publication points out.
Early elections in Bulgaria are being held for the seventh time in the last three years because of the political crisis that began with anti-corruption protests against the GERB-led coalition government in 2021. Frequent elections have deepened political instability in the country, but again it is not certain that they will a government can be formed, writes “Tuna Gazete“.
The Haberler news site also stated that GERB won the parliamentary elections in Bulgaria, but the election results show that the “political crisis in the country continues”.
„Chorlu Haber“ writes that the most polling stations abroad have been discovered in Turkey – 168. The publication points out that in Bursa, where there are about 73 thousand people with dual citizenship, a total of 42 polling stations were opened in eight districts of the city, and voters started voting early in the morning.
Kodjaeli TV informs that the governor of Kodjaeli district Ilhami Aktash visited a section opened in a school in the city of Izmit for the elections in Bulgaria.