BBCNEWS BBC July 6, 2024
hello, i'm sally bundock — welcome to the programme. with almost all ballots counted in turkey's crucial general election, president recep tayyip erdogan has said he would accept a run—off vote. officialfigures give mr erdoganjust under 50% of the counted ballots. his secular opposition rival, kemal kilicdaroglu, is on around 45%. if confirmed, it'll be the first time a challenger�*s taken mr erdogan to a second round in a presidential contest. the conservative leader, who has dominated turkish politics for two decades, told supporters in ankara he was confident he'd still be p...