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☆ Turkey elections: Voters face momentous runoff election after Erdogan fails to win outright
  + stars: | 2023-05-15 | by ( Sana Noor Haq Tamara Qiblawi Jomana Karadsheh Gul Tuysuz | Sana Noor Haq | Tamara Qiblawi | ) edition.cnn.com   time to read: +3 min
Istanbul, Turkey CNN —Turkey will have a runoff election on May 28 after longtime leader President Recep Tayyip Erdogan was forced into a second round with only a narrow lead over his rival, Kemal Kilicdaroglu. Neither candidate achieved the required 50% to take the presidency outright, but Kilicdaroglu now faces a tough battle to win the second round after Erdogan performed better than some opinion polls had suggested. With the final count, the electorate will turn to a second round of voting that could extend Erdogan’s 20-year grip on power, or set the stage for a change in political direction. “If our nation says second round, we gladly accept it. We will absolutely win this election in the second round.
☆ Turkey election: Erdogan faces battle for survival as polls open
  + stars: | 2023-05-14 | by ( Tamara Qiblawi Jomana Karadsheh Gul Tuysuz | Tamara Qiblawi | Jomana Karadsheh | ) edition.cnn.com   time to read: +3 min
His main opponent is CHP leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu, who represents an election coalition of six opposition parties. For the first time, Turkey’s factious opposition has coalesced around a single candidate. When a vicious earthquake on February 6 laid waste to large parts of southeast Turkey, Erdogan’s battled political aftershocks. More than 1.8 million voters living abroad already cast their votes on April 17, Turkish newspaper Daily Sabah reported Wednesday, citing the country’s deputy foreign minister. The Supreme Election Council (YSK) chief Ahmet Yener said last month that at least 1 million voters in quake-stricken zones are expected not to vote this year amid displacement.
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