What's a runoff? Everything to know about Turkey election results | Politics News
This is the first time Erdogan faces a second-round run-off vote as a presidential candidate.
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This is the first time Erdogan faces a second-round run-off vote as a presidential candidate.
Anadolu news agency says AK Party won 266 seats and opposition CHP coalition won 166 in the 600-seat parliament.
For Turkey’s Increasingly Authoritarian Leader, Not Winning the First Round Outright Is a Humiliation He Will Be Keen to Sweep Away With a Redoubled Effort in the Runoff in Two Weeks. For the Unusually United Opposition, Hopes Are High but Chances Are Uncertain
Ahead of Turkey’s 2023 elections, a six-party opposition bloc is working together to unseat President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and his Justice and Development Party (AKP) and restore the country’s parliamentary system. This comes against the backdrop of a growing economic crisis as public opinion polls show support for the president and the AKP is falling. How reliable are these polls? Can the opposition beat Erdoğan? What is its election strategy? Who is most likely to be the bloc’s presidential candidate?