ISTANBUL: Polling stations opened Sunday in Turkiye first-ever runoff election, where conservative President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is the firm favourite to extend his two decades of Islamic-rooted rule to 2028.
Turkiye’s Erdogan urges voters to turn out, rival sees ‘last exit’
Voting began at 8:00 am (0500 GMT) and will close at 5:00 pm. Erdogan won the first round on May 14 but fell just short of an outright majority against his secular challenger Kemal Kilicdaroglu.
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