Voting starts in Turkey presidential election runoff

Early results appear split in Turkey's presidential runoff election as votes are counted

Preliminary, unofficial results from Turkey's state Anadolu news agency showed incumbent President Recep Tayyip Erdogan ahead with 76 percent of ballot boxes counted, while a competing news agency gave a slight lead to the opposition candidate.

Turkey Elections: President Erdogan Leads With Half of Vote Counted, Says Report

Erdogan was winning with 56.4 percent of the vote with 49.4 percent of the ballots counted, while opposition leader Kemal Kilicdaroglu had 43.6 percent of the vote, the Anadolu state news agency reported

Les bureaux de vote en Turquie ont fermé leurs portes dimanche à l'issue du second tour d'une élection présidentielle pour laquelle le président sortant, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, est parti en position de favori après deux décennies au pouvoir, face à son rival social-démocrate Kemal Kiliçdaroglu.

Turkey votes in election runoff, Erdogan well placed to sustain rule

President could retain power into a third decade and continue on authoritarian path

Voters in Turkiye choose between Erdogan and Kilicdaroglu in presidential runoff

Voters in Turkiye 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 who has promised to restore a more democratic society.

What the voters say as Turkey votes in election runoff

By Huseyin Hayatsever and Burcu Karakas ANKARA/ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Here are some views from Turkish citizens as the country voted on Sunday in an election runoff that may extend President Tayyip