Early results for Turkey's high-stakes presidential election show neither President Erdogan nor his challenger, opposition leader Kemal Kilicdaroglu, have obtained a majority.
The Turkish president said he was forced to cancel rallies scheduled for Wednesday and Thursday on the advice of his doctor.show that support for President Recep Tayyip Erdogan dipped below the majority required to win, signaling a likely runoff later this month.
Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan with supporters at a polling station, in Istanbul, Turkey, Sunday, May 14, 2023. "We are ahead," tweeted Kilicdaroglu, 74, who ran as the candidate of a six-party opposition alliance.Meanwhile, Erdogan's Justice and Development Party, has accused the opposition of"an attempt to assassinate the national will" by claiming the state news agency was distorting the results. He called the opposition claims"irresponsible."An increasingly authoritarian ruler, Erdogan, 69, has governed Turkey as either prime minister or president for two decades.
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