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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…

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Russia agreed to a two-month extension of a deal that has allowed Ukraine to ship grain through the Black Sea to parts of the world struggling with hunger, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced Wednesday, a boost to global food security after the war drove up…

Alamy Stock Photo Workers load grain at a grain port in Izmail, Ukraine on 2 April. # Black sea Russia agrees two-month extension to deal allowing Ukrainian grain to be exported Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced that the two sides had agreed to extend the deal. RUSSIA AGREED TO…

WASHINGTON — Turkish voters will return to the polls later this month in a heated runoff election that will be watched closely by the United States. The Biden administration is bracing for another five years with President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in power after Turkey’s longest-serving leader finished with a more than four-point…