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The head of Turkey's election commission has declared Recep Tayyip Erdogan president again after voters took to the ballot box for a historic runoff on Sunday. With more than 99% of the ballot counted, Erdogan holds a near five percent lead over opponent Kemal Kilicdaroglu. Read FRANCE 24’s live coverage…

Incumbent to rule for another five years after securing more than 52% of the vote

A simple guide on run-off between President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and the main opposition candidate, Kemal Kilicdaroglu.

President has urged supporters not to be complacent amid faltering challenge from Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu

ISTANBUL: Turkey voted Sunday in a historic runoff that President Recep Tayyip Erdogan entered as the firm favourite to extend two decades of his Islamic-rooted rule to 2028.

Get a glimpse of inside Turkey's polling stations as president Tayyip Erdogan and opposition rival Kemal Kilicdaroglu go head-to-head in a run-off vote.

Voters in Turkey returned to the polls Sunday to decide whether the country's longtime leader stretches his increasingly authoritarian rule into a third decade or is unseated by a challenger.

Turks began voting on Sunday in a presidential runoff that could see Tayyip Erdogan extend his rule into a third decade and persist with Turkey's increasingly authoritarian path, muscular foreign policy and unorthodox economic governance.

Both sides seek to harness support of ultra-nationalist right before Sunday’s election, with refugees serving as scapegoats