Update: Preliminary results in Turkey’s presidential runoff vote showed President Recep Tayyip Erdogan ahead of his rival as the leader fights to stretch his rule into a third decade
With 91.55% of the ballots counted, Erdogan received 52.61% of the votes, according to unofficial preliminary results published by state-run Anadolu agency, while opposition leader Kemal Kilicdaroglu received 47.39%. Voter turnout is 85.41%, according to Anadolu. Earlier on Sunday, Erdogan asked his supporters “to stay at the ballot boxes until results are finalized.” “Now is the time to protect the will of the people which we hold in the highest esteem,” Erdogan wrote on his Twitter account.
Many polls had incorrectly predicted that Kilicdaroglu would lead in the May 14 vote, which saw a high turnout of nearly 90% across the country. Six opposition groups had formed an unprecedented unified bloc behind Kilicdaroglu to try to wrest power from Erdogan. The opposition has described the election as a last stand for Turkish democracy, accusing Erdogan of hollowing out the country’s democratic institutions during his 20-year rule, eroding the power of the judiciary and repressing dissent.
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