Neither the president nor his rival Kılıçdaroğlu secured more than 50% of vote in closely fought national poll
Turkey’s presidential election is going to a runoff aftercomfortably defeated his chief rival Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu but failed to clear the 50% vote threshold needed to avoid a second round.
A nationalist third candidate, Sinan Oğan, emerged as a potential kingmaker after picking up 5% of the vote. Erdoğan’s Justice and Development party and its far-right allies were also close to an outright majority in parallel parliamentary elections. that killed 50,000 people in February had also been expected to sway voters. But Erdoğan successfully rallied conservative voters and is thought likely to extend his rule into a third decade.
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