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Erdogan vows 'greater victory' in upcoming Turkish presidential runoff

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has vowed to win "a greater victory" in the runoff presidential election on May 28.

All you need to know about Kemal Kilicdaroglu, Erdogan's rival in Turkey

Known as Turkey's Gandhi, Kemal Kilicdaroglu is the first real challenger to President Erdogan's two-decade-long presidency in Turkey

Elections in India, Turkey and Thailand show democracy is not dead

Nevertheless, the last week has been full of reminders that, even in an age when democracy seemed to be in retreat, voters retain the power to prevent their countries from collapsing into autocracy

Turkey faces election runoff, Recep Tayyip Erdogan seen with momentum

Nationalist candidate Sinan Ogan says he will endorse only Kilicdaroglu in the runoff

With Turkiye's presidential election going to a runoff, what comes next?

Close, but not close enough. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan received the most votes in a weekend presidential election but could not claim victory because he failed to get the majority support required for an outright win. Preliminary results showed the longtime leader had 49.5 per cent of the vote. His main challenger, opposition leader Kemal Kilicdaroglu, garnered 45 per cent, according to Turkish election authorities. A third candidate, nationalist politician Sinan Ogan, received 5.2 per cent. The election is being followed internationally to see the future direction of Turkiye. The strategically located NATO member has cultivated warm relations with Russia, become less secular and tilted toward authoritarianism under Erdogan. Kilicdaroglu has promised to reorient the country as a democracy and is expected to adopt a more pro-Western stance. The Supreme Electoral board said Monday the results mean Erdogan, 69, and Kilicdaroglu, 74, will compete in a runoff election on Ma

Turkey heads into runoff election as Erdogan falls short of majority

Erdogan and Kilicdaroglu are staring at a runoff vote after none of them managed to secure the necessary 50% votes

Turkey Elections: Prez Erdogan, Opposition prepare for runoff poll phase

A runoff election between Turkey's President and his rival seems possible as neither appeared likely to reach the 50% threshold required to win the presidential race

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Tayyip Erdogan ahead in Turkey initial vote results, but gap to narrow

HaberTurk and other Turkish broadcasters said the results, given less than two hours after polling stations closed, were based on 9.1% of the ballot boxes counted

Turkey set to vote in presidential, parliamentary elections today

Voters will decide the fate of Turkey's democracy less than three months after a February 6 earthquake killed more than 50,000 people and displaced more than 5.9 million

Ukrainian delegate hits Russian at Black Sea summit in Turkey's Ankara

Ukrainian and Russian delegates have had to be separated after a scuffle during a meeting of Black Sea countries in the Turkish capital Ankara. Oleksandr Marikovski, a Ukrainian member of parliament, landed several blows to the head of a Russian official after his Ukrainian flag was ripped from his hands during a summit at the Turkish parliament building on Thursday. A video posted on Marikovski's Facebook page shows him waving the flag behind Russian delegate Ola Timofeeva as she records a video on her phone. A man approaches, grabs the flag and is chased by Marikovski. During a brief altercation in parliament's hallway, Marikovski grabs the flag back, pushing the man in the face. Others separate the men and plead please, no fighting. Marikovski replies: It's our flag. We're going to fight for this flag. In a caption to his Facebook video, Marikovski wrote: Paws off our flag, paws off Ukraine, Russian filth! The outburst happened at the Parliamentary Assembly of the Black Sea ...

110 detained in Turkey over suspected Kurdish militant links: Report

Police in Turkiye carried out raids on homes in 21 provinces on Tuesday, detaining some 110 people for alleged links to Kurdish militants, the country's state-run news agency reported. The raids, which come weeks ahead of Turkiye's May 14 parliamentary and presidential elections, targeted politicians, journalists, lawyers and human rights activists, Tayip Temel, a deputy leader of the country's pro-Kurdish People's Democratic Party, or HDP, wrote on Twitter. On the eve of the election, the government has resorted once again to detentions out of fear of losing power, Temel tweeted. The detained are suspected of financing the banned Kurdistan Workers' Party, or PKK, of recruiting members or of engaging in propaganda on behalf of the group, Anadolu Agency reported. The group, which has led a decades-long insurgency in Turkiye, is considered a terror organisation by the United States and the European Union. The pro-Kurdish Mezopotamya agency reported that one of its editors and a ...

Turkey reduced defence industry's foreign dependency in 2 decades: Erdogan

Turkey has reduced its foreign dependency in the defence industry from around 80 per cent to some 20 per cent in the past two decades, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said

Shrinking engineering exports to UAE, China led to overall dip in FY23

The decline was a direct result of depressed global demand, especially in the metals sector

Turkey starts delivery of natural gas from Black Sea field to cut imports

Turkey has started the delivery of natural gas from its Black Sea field, as part of its flagship project aiming at reducing the country's dependence on energy imports.

US approves F-16 fighter jets upgrade after Turkey eases stand on NATO

The US agreed Monday to sell Turkey $259 million in software it has long sought to upgrade its fleet of US F-16 fighter jets. State Department approval of the sale comes about two weeks after Turkey dropped its objections to Finland joining NATO. Turkey continues to withhold its approval for Sweden to join the military alliance. NATO requires unanimous approval to admit new members. Turkey also still wants to buy 40 new F-16s from the US, but some in Congress oppose the sale until Turkey approves NATO membership for both Nordic countries. Turkey fell out of grace with the US on high-tech military aircraft purchases after it decided in 2017 to acquire Russian air-defence missiles. Turkey was kicked out of a US programme to develop the next-generation F-35 fighter plane and Turkish defence officials were sanctioned. The US said the Russian missiles posed a threat to the F-35 and strongly objected to their use within the NATO alliance. Turkey sees the F-16s as an interim option to bui

Pakistan has choice whether to become Turkiye or Myanmar: Imran Khan

In a fresh attack on Pakistan's powerful military, ousted prime minister Imran Khan on Monday said the country is left with two choices -- either follow Turkiye or become another Myanmar. In Myanmar, the military ousted democratically elected government of Aung San Suu Kyi in 2021 while in Turkiye, a bloody military coup to topple the government of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in 2016 was foiled after people came out on the streets and resisted a regime change. "Today, we stand at a turning point in our Constitutional history where we can be like Turkiye or become another Myanmar.

Putin may attend nuclear power plant inauguration in Turkey: Report

The project, located in the southeastern Turkish province of Mersin, is Turkey's first nuclear plant

Turkish Airlines wants additional traffic rights to IndiGo: CEO Bilal Eksi

Such a unilateral increase in traffic rights will be unique to Turkiye and may also receive a nod from the Indian government

4.4 magnitude earthquake strikes Turkey's Goksun, no casualties reported

An earthquake of magnitude 4.4 hit 6 km South-West of the Goksun district on Saturday, according to the United States Geological Survey (USGS)