Kemal Kilicdaroglu
Nationalism, the big winner in Turkish elections
He may have failed to get elected in the first round of the Turkish presidential elections, and that is obviously a blow to him, especially given his absolute control over the media, but Recep Tayyip Erdogan did not suffer the defeat that the West had hoped for. Twenty years after his rise to power, he remains strong and a key player in developments in Turkey.
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Athens protests to ‘Le Monde’ over map that shows islands as Turkish
Greece's ambassador in Paris has complained to the publishers of Le Monde after the daily published a map of the Turkish election results that showed a number of Greek islands as Turkish territory.
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ATA Alliance candidate Sinan Ogan and his wife cast their votes on May 14. Photo: Sinan Ogan/Facebook
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Erdogan cruising, challenger scrambling toward runoff election
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Erdoğan leads poll by over 2.5 million votes: Watchdog
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For Turkey runoff, potential kingmaker draws red line at Kurdish concessions
Sinan Ogan, Turkey's nationalist presidential candidate who finished third in Sunday's election, said he could only support main opposition candidate Kemal Kilicdaroglu in the runoff if he agrees to offer no concessions to a pro-Kurdish party.