ANKARA, Turkey (AP) Conservative Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan faces a runoff with his main rival in two weeks that will decide who leads a country struggling with sky-high inflation and hosting Syrian refugees as it plays a key role in the Middle East and in NATO expansion. Election officials said Monday that the […]
Incumbent President Recep Tayyip Erdogan performed better than expected in the vote, sending the election to a runoff between him and the second-place candidate.
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Conservative Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan faces a runoff with his main rival in two weeks that will decide who leads a country struggling with sky-high inflation as it plays a key role in the Middle East and in NATO expansion. Election officials said Monday that the May 28 second round will allow Turks to decide if their nation remains under the increasingly authoritarian president’s firm grip for a third decade, or if it can embark on the more democratic course promised by Kemal Kilicdaroglu. The vote shows how Turkey has become extremely polarized, some voters commented.