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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan stares down from a campaign poster at the earthquake ruins of Antakya, inspiring confidence in Ahmet Gulyildizoglu ahead of Sunday’s election runoff. Millions across the ravaged region defied…

With neither presidential candidate passing the 50 percent threshold needed for an outright win, Turkiye’s voters head for a second round on Sunday to decide who will be their next leader. In the first round, incumbent 69-year-old…

Turkiye’s presidential election is being anxiously watched by Kurds in Syria and Iraq as economic interests compete with fears of a regional military escalation against some Kurdish groups. The long-running and deadly conflict between…

A little-known nationalist who helped push Turkiye’s election to a runoff told AFP on Tuesday he could throw his support behind either President Recep Tayyip Erdogan or his secular rival. Entering the campaign at the last minute, Sinan…

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…

Adding another victory to his two decades of wins, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan dominated the polls in presidential elections on Sunday, according to unofficial results. As of 2 a.m. on Monday, Erdoğan had 49% of the vote. His Justice and…

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who has ruled his country with an increasingly firm grip for 20 years, was locked in a tight election race early Monday, with a make-or-break runoff against his chief challenger possible as the final…