Turks voted on Sunday in one of the most important elections in modern Turkey's 100-year history, which could either unseat President Tayyip Erdogan and halt his government's increasingly authoritarian path or usher in a third decade of his rule.
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan and his wife Emine Erdogan meet supporters outside a polling station in Istanbul, Turkey May 14, 2023. REUTERS/ Umit Bektas/ Pool
Polling stations in the election, which is also for a new parliament, will close at 5 p.m. . Turkish law bans the reporting of any results until 9 p.m. By late on Sunday there could be a good indication of whether there will be a runoff. Illustrating how the president still commands support, Mehmet Akif Kahraman, also voting in Istanbul, said Erdogan still represented the future even after two decades in power.The election takes place three months after earthquakes in southeast TurkeyMany in the affected provinces have expressed anger over the slow initial government response but there is little evidence that the issue has changed how people will vote.
Queues formed at polling stations in the city, with some 9,000 police officers on duty across the province.
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