On Sunday May 14th, 2023, Turkish citizens went to the polls to vote for their deputies and president. It was the first round between the incumbent president Recep Tayyip Erdogan and the leader of the opposition alliance Kemal Kiliçdaroglu.

Emin Özmen was on the field to capture this pivotal moment in his home country's democracy, documenting the demonstrations in Istanbul and Ankara's streets and Erdogan's city of origin, Rize.