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Live Blog: Turkish Presidential Run-off 2023
- More than 60 million Turkish citizens are eligible to vote on Sunday in 87 election districts. Turkey's large diaspora of 3.5 million voters already finished voting in diplomatic missions on May 24.
- Voters ready to decide on renewing another five-year mandate for President Recep Tayyip Erdogan who has been ruling the country for21 years.
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Turkish Presidency Vote Goes to Run-Off as Outright Win Eludes Erdogan
Supporters wave flags and banners as Recep Tayyip Erdogan makes an address at the Justice and Development Party (AKP) headquarters in Ankara early on Monday. Photo: EPA-EFE/Necati Savas
The third candidate, nationalist Sinan Ogan, received a surprising 5.2 per cent of the votes.
Turkey faces election runoff, Erdogan seen with momentum
President Tayyip Erdogan's opponents face an uphill struggle to end his two-decade rule of Turkey in a runoff vote on May 28 after he performed better than predicted in a first round of voting on Sunday but fell short of an outright majority.
Run-Off Likely in Turkey after Knife-Edge Presidential Election
Turkish voters at a polling station in Ankara, Turkey, 14 May 2023, as the country holds simultaneous parliamentary and presidential elections. Photo: EPA-EFE/MANUEL DE ALMEIDA
Turkey’s Pro-Kurdish Party Hints at Backing Erdogan’s Main Rival
A woman walks past a picture of Turkish opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) leader and presidential candidate Kemal Kilicdaroglu in Diyarbakir, Turkey, 20 March 2023. Photo: EPA-EFE/SEDAT SUNA
"We will not nominate a candidate in the presidential elections," the Labour and Freedom Alliance said.