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As the ballot count from Turkey’s national election neared completion on Sunday, it became evident that President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s voter support had fallen below the required majority for a clear reelection victory. This development increases the likelihood of a presidential runoff scheduled for May 28. According to the state-run…

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who has ruled his country with an increasingly firm grip for 20 years, was locked in a tight election race early Monday, with a make-or-break runoff against his chief challenger possible as the final votes were counted. The results, whether they…

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After twenty years of running his country, Recep Tayyip Erdogan was hardly going to change tack now. Cheered vociferously by thousands of his supporters, the President marked the last day of campaigning by firing tirades at his critics, his opponents and the West. Erdogan knows that this election, which pitches…

Turkey will hold a runoff election on May 28 after an inconclusive first round Sunday saw President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in the lead — but not over 50 percent, the required threshold to win. The runoff could decide Erdogan’s political future; his decades in power have reshaped Turkey’s politics and…

ANKARA —  With less than 40 hours to go until Turkey’s closest elections in its modern history, incumbent President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his top rival Kemal Kilicdaroglu are wrapping up their campaigns, and recent polls gave the lead to the main opposition leader.  Kilicdaroglu is streaking ahead of Erdogan,…

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Istanbul CNN  —  Turkish presidential candidate Muharrem Ince has pulled out of the race, in a potential boost to President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s rival, Kemal Kilicdaroglu, ahead of Sunday’s vote. Polls showed that Ince was trailing a distant third, and some opposition figures feared he would split the anti-Erdogan vote.…