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Erdogan took a comfortable lead of almost five points over his rival in the first round. The election will determine who will govern Turkey, a NATO member state of 85 million people. Turkey is the world's largest refugee-hosting country, with about 5 million migrants, including 3.3 million Syrians. The pro-Kurdish Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) won 2.2 percent of the vote in this month's parliamentary elections. The Zafar Party won 5.17% of the votes.

ANKARA (Reuters) -- Turks voted on Sunday in a presidential runoff that could see Tayyip Erdogan extend his rule into a third decade and persist with

(1st UPDATE) 'More Erdogan means more Erdogan. People know who he is and what his vision for the country is, and it seems a lot of them approve'

Erdogan has the edge after winning first round

ANKARA: Turks voted on Sunday in a presidential runoff that could see Tayyip Erdogan extend his rule into a third...

Turkey’s Erdogan ran on a nationalistic message. He just secured another presidential term.

ANKARA (Reuters) - Turks vote on Sunday in a presidential runoff that could see Tayyip Erdogan extend his rule into a third decade and intensify Turkey's increasingly authoritarian path, muscular foreign policy and unorthodox economic governance.

Turks vote on Sunday in a presidential runoff that could see Tayyip Erdogan extend his rule into a third decade and intensify Turkeys increasingly authoritarian path, muscular foreign policy and unorthodox economic governance.

By Ece Toksabay and Daren Butler ANKARA (Reuters) - Turks vote on Sunday in a presidential runoff that could see Tayyip Erdogan extend his rule into a...

ISTANBUL (Reuters) - President Tayyip Erdogan has defied forecasts of his political demise in Turkey's elections, rallying voters with a potent mix of religious conservatism and nationalism that looks set to propel his rule into a third decade on Sunday. | 06:43am