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Turkeys ultra-nationalist outsider basks in run-off fame

An also-ran who helped push Turkey to its first run-off election on May 28 is using his new-found fame to make ultra-nationalism mainstream and tease over a second-round endorsement.

Turkish politician Sinan Ogan shot from relative obscurity to international fame after finishing third in the first round of the p

Turkey elections: With no presidential candidate bagging more than 50 per cent of the votes, Turkey is heading to a runoff election on 28 May. Sinan Ogan, who is now out of the race, could decide the political fate of Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his rival Kemal Kilicdaroglu

Nationalist candidate won 5% of the vote in first round, which could be crucial in run-offs

(CNN) – Neither Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan nor his main rival appear to have secured 50% of the vote to win the election, with early results

(CNN) – Turkey's hotly contested presidential election looks set to go into a second round, with President Recep Tayyip Erdogan failing to secure 50% of

Ogan’s out of the presidential race but may play a pivotal role in the second round – he is still to back a candidate.

By getting 5.2 percent of the vote, the Ancestral Alliance candidate has forced a runoff. But where will his votes now go?

Turkish politician Sinan Ogan shot from relative obscurity to international fame after finishing third in the first round of the presidential election on Monday. But even as the ultra-nationalist candidate…