The elections are a turning point for the AKP and its leader President Recep Tayyip Erdogan as well. The AKP and the MHP have already endorsed Erdogan as their candidate for president and are set to focus on preparing lists of potential lawmakers and campaigning strategies.

Leader of the AKP President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, the prime minister from 2003 to 2017, has been serving his post as Turkey's first popularly-elected president.

If he wins the June 24 election, Erdogan will be the country's first leader under the executive presidency system.

Erdogan has two targets at the elections, according to Abdulkadir Selvi, daily Hurriyet columnist.

One is to win the presidential elections overwhelmingly at the first round, he said. For the general elections, Erdogan wants the MHP-AKP alliance get a majority which will enable any constitutional change, Selvi said.

The upcoming presidential and parliamentary elections will be also determined by young voters, as there are 1.5 million new, young voters who will be participating in the elections for the first time on June 24.

The referendum held on April 16, 2017, which paved the way for constitutional amendments, lowered the minimum age of eligibility for Parliament from 25 to 18.

It is believed that interest in the elections among young voters will increase, and participation of young people in politics will rise as well.

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