During the first phase of the presidential elections in Turkey, no candidate could get a decisive lead, after which the victory is likely to be decided in a run-off election (on May 28).
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President Recep Tayyip Erdogan fell short of the 50 percent threshold needed to win, according to nearly complete results from Turkey's most important election.
According to the results of yesterday's polling, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan could get 49.3 percent of the total votes cast while his opponent Kemal Kilic Daroglu could get 45 percent of the votes. The percentage remained.
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For the first time in the 100-year history of secular Turkey, the presidential election will be decided in the run-off election on May 28.
Earlier, Kemal Kilic Daroglu had claimed to be in the lead, but while talking to journalists today, he also admitted that the run-off elections were inevitable.
He said that if our nation says the second phase, we will definitely win the second phase, the commitment to change in the society is more than 50%.
Tayyip Erdogan has turned Turkey into a military and geopolitical heavyweight, playing a role in conflicts spanning from Syria to Ukraine.
Tayyip Erdogan is popular with the majority of conservative Turks, who have seen rapid growth under his rule, with many religious voters calling for Tayyip Erdogan's lifting of secular-era bans on headscarves and more Islamic schools. Thank you for the decision to introduce
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"The most important thing is that we don't divide Turkey, we will continue our responsibility and support Tayyip Erdoğan," said one voter, Rajab Turktan, after casting his vote yesterday.
