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Members of Turkey's parliament meet at the Grand National Assembly of Turkey, TBMM, in Ankara, 2 January 2020. Photo: EPA-EFE/STR

The 600-seat parliament will have 16 political parties thanks to the political alliance system that was introduced by the executive presidential system in 2018.

But Kılıçdaroğlu faces a higher bar much in the second round. Erdoğan is only short of around 550,000 votes to win, if the turnout remains at around 88.92 per cent, as was the case in the first round. Kılıçdaroğlu needs to acquire at least 2.7 million more votes.

ATA Alliance candidate Sinan Ogan and his wife cast their votes on May 14. Photo: Sinan Ogan/Facebook

Incumbent Recep Tayyip Erdogan faces his opposition rival Kemal Kilicdaroglu in the second round of voting on May 28.

Main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu has confirmed that he will pay a visit to the Peoples' Democracy Party (HDP) to ask for support for his presidential bid in the next elections.

Turkish main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) leader and Presidential candidate Kemal Kilicdaroglu (2-L) greets his supporters with his wife Selvi (R), Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu (2-R) and Ankara Mayor Mansur Yavas (L) after the six opposition parties alliance chose and announced him as presidential candidate for the upcoming elections, in Ankara, Turkey 06 March 2023.

Turkish soldiers guard the Silivri Prison in Istanbul, where many journalists and political prisoners held. Photo: EPA-EFE/TOLGA BOZOGLU

The former students at the Air Force Academy started to be released from prison early on Wednesday.

City of Bolu. Photo: Wikipedia Commons/Dosseman

According to the new law, foreigners will now pay around 2.2 euros per cubic metre for water supplies and 100,000 Turkish liras (over 7,200 euros) for civil marriages in the city of Bolu.

Croatian police say they are investigating death threats made to Boris Dezulovic, a well-known Croatian journalist and columnist, over a column he published recently deriding the official cult surrounding Vukovar - the eastern town besieged and occupied by Serbs in the war of independence - whose provocative title has raised hackles.

Women hold placards and shot slogans during a protest against Turkey's announced withdrawal from the Istanbul Convention, in Istanbul in March 2021. Photo: EPA-EFE/ERDEM SAHIN

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan (2-R) and his wife cheer supporters at the Congress of the ruling AKP, in Ankara, March 24, 2021. Photo: EPA-EFE/TURKISH PRESIDENT PRESS OFFICE

He also called on companies to repartriate their assets from abroad for the same reason.