Recep Tayyip Erdogan has secured his fifth term as Turkey’s president, after defeating rival Kemal Kilicdaroglu in the runoff elections. The historic win allows the 69-year-old to tighten his grip on the country. The outcome will also reverberate beyond borders – into NATO, Russia and the West
Recep Tayyip Erdogan has a huge in-tray waiting for him at his presidential palace after extending his two-decade rule over Turkey for one last time. From a crippling economic crisis to a diplomatic standoff with allies, here are the priorities facing the leader
Voting has opened in Turkey in the presidential run-off on Sunday after the first round of elections held on May 14 saw President Recep Tayyip Erdogan emerging front-runner but falling short of the 50% threshold needed to win.
While most opinion polls had given a clear edge to the Opposition alliance, here is why it failed in unseating Erdogan, and what's likely to happen in the runoff elections.
Turkey's sovereign dollar bonds and equities tumbled, and the cost of insuring exposure to the country's debt spiked as Turkey's presidential race heads to a runoff with incumbent Tayyip Erdogan leading his opposition rival.