Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan shared a video message and said "We did not leave our nation alone in the face of increasing cost of living in 2022."

"But everyone with a conscience will agree that this country also reached the highest employment rate, the highest production power and the highest export figure in its history in this period" Erdoğan added.

"Hopefully, in 2023, with our vision of the Century of Turkey, we will start a much bigger breakthrough befitting the new century of our Republic," Erdoğan further said.

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Main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu said "The year you've been waiting for has finally arrived. Loading, Loading, Loading..."

"2023 will be another year. We will assume the power, from the moment we assume it, we will fix hundreds, thousands of problems," Kılıçdaroğlu said in a video message.

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Jailed former Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) co-chair Selahattin Demirtaş said in Turkish, Kurdish and Zazaki languages that "Happy new year, let it be the year of freedom."

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The opposition Democracy and Progress (DEVA) Party leader Ali Babacan said in Turkish, Kurdish, Arabic, English and French languages that "Hello, the year of change! #2023"

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