The current president of Turkey, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, has been officially nominated as a candidate for the post of head of state. Presidential elections in the country are scheduled for May 14 this year.

 This was reported by the Turkish edition of Anadolu.

 "The only candidate from the "Republican Alliance", Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, is officially nominated as a presidential candidate for the May 14 elections, the relevant application was submitted to the High Election Council (YSK) by representatives of the ruling Justice and Development Party and the Nationalist Movement Party (MHP)." , - the message says.

 According to the Turkish media, the application for Erdogan's nomination was submitted by the head of the election department of the ruling party, Ali Ihsan Yavuz, and the head of the election department of the MHP party, Fety Yildiz.

 The final list of presidential candidates is expected to be published on March 31 and the election campaign will begin.

 We will remind that the presidential and parliamentary elections in Turkey are scheduled for May 14, the opponent of the current president Recep Tayyip Erdogan is the leader of the largest alliance (National Alliance) of the Republican People's Party of Turkey, 74-year-old Kemal Kilicdaroglu.

 In addition, this year's presidential and parliamentary elections in Turkey were supposed to be held in June, but the current government postponed them to May, leaning towards the fact that June would allegedly coincide with summer and religious holidays.