Amid an early elections debate in Turkey, an opposition leader said on Tuesday that early polls destabilize the country. “I was ruling out early elections two weeks ago, but now I can’t do that,” said one of the officials, adding that it can be held in 2021. Erdogan: Turkey's pugnacious president What has the ruling party been saying? ANKARA. why would erdogan push for early elections? He has been trying to … Erdogan Calls Early Turkish Elections in Bid to Solidify Power President Recep Tayyip Erdogan of Turkey at a news conference in Ankara on Wednesday. Turkey's next local elections are scheduled for March 2019, eight months before the planned parliamentary and presidential elections. Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced snap parliamentary and presidential elections on June 24, more than a year earlier than they were due to take place. According to Turkish law, a political party has to finalize its organization process in more than half of the cities in Turkey and hold its first convention six months before the election date. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has won the majority of votes in Sunday's presidential election, with 97.7% of the votes counted.