Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan speaks to supporters in Ankara, Turkey, May 15, 2023. /CFP
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan speaks to supporters in Ankara, Turkey, May 15, 2023. /CFP
Türkiye's Supreme Election Council confirmed on Monday that the presidential election will go to a runoff between President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his main rival on May 28 as neither could reach the 50% threshold to win outright.
The body's chairman Ahmet Yener told reporters that with around 35,000 votes left to be counted, Erdogan had 49.51% support and his rival Kemal Kilicdaroglu had 44.88%.
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