Chances are slim that Turkey will approve Sweden s bid to join NATO in time for the NATO leaders meeting in Vilnius next week, as the recent Quran burning is still fresh in Turkish minds, experts told Sputnik.
Turks will go to the polls on Sunday to cast their votes in the presidential and parliamentary elections. Sitting President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his main opposition challenger Kemal Kilicdaroglu are frontrunners in the race.
ANKARA (Reuters) - He is not as charismatic as Turkey's President Tayyip Erdogan, but mild-mannered Kemal Kilicdaroglu is optimistic about his chances of beating Erdogan in Sunday's election, promising a new spring after two decades of his rival's tumultuous governance. | 02:09am
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He is not as charismatic as Turkey s President Tayyip Erdogan, but mild-mannered Kemal Kilicdaroglu is optimistic about his chances of beating Erdogan in Sunday s election, promising a new spring