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Published On 27 May 202327 May 2023 Incumbent Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his challenger Kemal Kilicdaroglu have rallied their supporters on the final day of campaigning before Sunday’s decisive presidential election run-off. The two candidates are aiming to attract some 8 million voters who did not go to the polls…

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has called assailant who attacked Turkish diplomatic building with crowbar a ‘terrorist’. Published On 26 May 202326 May 2023 Police in the United States have detained a man accused of attacking Turkey’s diplomatic headquarters in New York with a crowbar and breaking its windows, law enforcement…

Turkey reached the final stretch Friday of a bitter presidential campaign that has seen Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his secular rival exploit fears about migrants and Kurdish militants. Erdogan appears on course to extend two decades of his Islamic style of rule until 2028 in Sunday's runoff. His victory would…

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan retained strong support across Turkey's quake zone in the first round - Copyright AFP GABRIEL BOUYS Fulya OZERKAN Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan stares down from a campaign poster at the earthquake ruins of Antakya, inspiring confidence in Ahmet Gulyildizoglu ahead of Sunday’s election runoff. Millions…

Back to homepage / Asia / Pacific Turkey's anti-immigrant Victory Party leader endorsed opposition presidential candidate Kemal Kilicdaroglu on Wednesday, potentially boosting the challenger as he aims to make up ground and defeat President Tayyip Erdogan in Sunday's runoff election.  Issued on: 25/05/2023 - 07:37 3 min Kemal Kilicdaroglu, the presidential…

CNN  —  Turkish leader Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s rise to power was ushered in by the contentious political aftermath of the 1999 Izmit earthquake. So when another devastating quake laid waste to large swathes of southeast Turkey earlier this year, many observers expected the president’s two-decade rule to end with a…

On Sunday, Turks will vote in the second round of the presidential election which could leave incumbent Recep Tayyip Erdogan out of a job after almost a decade in the post. Mr Erdogan transformed the presidential system in 2017, allowing Turkish voters to select their leader rather than leaving it…

Istanbul, Turkey CNN  —  Turkey’s third-placed presidential election candidate, Sinan Ogan, on Monday backed frontrunner Recep Tayyip Erdogan in a boost ahead of the scheduled runoff vote. Ogan, who received 5.17 percent of votes in the first round of the presidential election that took place on May 14, told a…

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Monday secured the endorsement of an ultra-nationalist whose third-place finish helped force Turkiye’s first election runoff. Sinan Ogan’s 5.2 per cent of the vote in the May 14 general election deprived Erdogan of an outright victory for the first time in his 20-year rule. He…

Neither President Recep Tayyip Erdogan nor challenger Kemal Kilicdaroglu secured more than 50 per cent of ballots in first round People wave Turkish flags during a gathering to mark the Youth and Sports Day, before the May 28 runoff vote, in Istanbul. Reuters Powered by automated translation Turkish citizens living…