Voter support for President Recep Tayyip Erdogan dipped below the majority required to win reelection, making it more likely the country is headed toward a May 28 presidential runoff.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan walks out of a voting booth at a polling station in Istanbul, Sunday, May 14, 2023. Turkey is voting Sunday in landmark parliamentary and presidential elections that are expected to be tightly contested and could be the biggest challenge President Erdogan has faced in his two decades in power.
Erdogan, 69, has governed Turkey as either prime minister or president for two decades. In the run-up to the election, opinion surveys had indicated the increasingly authoritarian leader narrowly trailed his challenger. While Erdogan hoped to win a five-year term that would take him well into his third decade as Turkey’s leader, Kilicdaroglu, 74, campaigned on a promise to return the country to a more democratic path and to repair its economy, battered by high inflation and currency devaluation.
Internationally, the elections were seen as a test of a united opposition’s ability to dislodge a leader who has concentrated nearly all state powers in his hands and worked to wield more influence on the world stage. Erdogan’s government also faced criticism for its allegedly delayed and stunted response to the 7.8 magnitude earthquake that left 11 southern provinces devastated. Lax implementation of building codes is thought to have exacerbated the casualties and misery.
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Early results in Turkey's election show President Recep Tayyip Erdogan with leadEarly results from Turkey’s national election show President Recep Tayyip Erdogan with a solid lead after nearly 20% of ballot boxes were counted, the Turkish state-run news agency says. Erdogan had 55% of the vote, compared to 39% garnered by main opposition leader Kemal Kilicdaroglu, according to Anadolu Agency. If no candidate receives more than 50% of the vote, the winner will be determined in a May 28 run-off. Opinion surveys indicated the increasingly authoritarian Erdogan entered his bid for reelection on Sunday trailing a challenger for the first time. A spokesman for Kilicdaroglu’s center-left party cautioned the early returns were preliminary and said the “picture is extremely positive” for the opposition.
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