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Recep Tayyip Erdogan was on course on Monday for a crushing runoff victory in two weeks’ time after coming within a whisker of winning Turkiye’s presidential election in the first round. A final count showed that Erdogan had defied…

Traders are bracing for more volatility in the Turkish lira as the country appears to be headed for a presidential run-off election in the next two weeks, adding more pressure on the tightly controlled currency. The lira was slightly…

Turkey on Monday woke up to the prospect of its first presidential runoff vote after conservative President Recep Tayyip Erdogan confounded pollsters and his secular rival to win the first round of the country’s pivotal election.…

Muhammed Bazza has been queueing for petrol in the blazing sun for four hours, while Alexander Okwori has spent the last two waiting at an ATM. Bazza said he had woken up at 4:30 am to try to beat the petrol queues, but it didn’t work –…