Turkey instead faces a tense two weeks before the bitter rivals face off again in a runoff vote on May 28, with Erdoğan currently at 49.5% of the vote and Kılıçdaroğlu at 44.8% but closing fast.
Erdogan's support has slipped in the last few years as a series of currency crashes and a deepening cost-of-living crisis were brought on by his policy of slashing interest rates in the face of soaring inflation