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US President Biden congratulates Turkish counterpart Erdogan on his re-ele
Updated : 2 years, 12 months ago IST
Biden stated that he looked forward to continuing work together as North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) allies.
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Erdogan to continue ruling Turkey for a third decade
Updated : 2 years, 12 months ago IST
Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan proved to the world once again that he is too hard to die politically.
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Polls close in presidential runoff in Turkey with Erdogan fighting for thi
Updated : 2 years, 12 months ago IST
Erdogan is going head-to-head with opposition leader Kemal Kilicdaroglu. In the first round of voting on May 14, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan secured a nearly five-point lead over Kilicdaroglu. However, he fell short of the 50 per cent threshold required to win.
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Voting begins across Turkey in first-ever presidential runoff
Updated : 2 years, 12 months ago IST
Millions of voters started heading to the polls in Turkey as the country's first-ever presidential runoff election began Sunday at 8 am local time (0500GMT).
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Turkey elections: Runoff likely as Erdogan's vote share falls below 50 pc
Updated : 3 years ago IST
State-run Anadolu news agency's latest figures show Erdogan's lead under 50 per cent and his main challenger, Kemal Kilicdaroglu, over 44 per cent. If neither wins a majority, they will go to a runoff -- which would be a first for Erdogan.
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Turkey set to vote in presidential, parliamentary polls today; Erdogan's t
Updated : 3 years ago IST
The elections also take place amid a serious economic crisis and what analysts say is democratic erosion under Erdogan's government, reported CNN.
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The forthcoming elections could be the most consequential in Turkey's rece
Updated : 3 years ago IST
The opposition alliance has promised that, if elected, Turkey will to return to sound economic policies, restore parliamentary democracy and make serious changes to Erdogan's current foreign policy.
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World watching Turkey elections with bated breath
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
The May 14 presidential and general elections in Turkey are being watched by governments all over the world with bated breath, as for the first time in 20 years, the country's autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdogan could lose the elections and a new government may come to power under Kema
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In forthcoming Turkey elections, authoritarian Erdogan faces biggest test
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
The forthcoming elections are expected to decide the future course of Turkey's economy which is in a bad shape due to Erdogan's unorthodox policy of low-interest rates that caused inflation to run out of control and the value of the Turkish lira to plummet.
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Erdogan faces a major challenge as the earthquake change the election scen
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
For the first time in 20 years, Erdogan's political future is really on the line. He must now prove that he is a leader who can get things done and can mobilize effectively the machine of the state to provide relief to the affected people and help them rebuild their homes and their lives.
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Turkish local elections: Erdogan faces defeat, Opposition leads in Ankara,
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Ankara [Turkey], Apr 02 (ANI): Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Monday suffered a major setback after his Justice and Development Party (AK) lost control of Ankara and Istanbul, considered to be its bastion since decades, for the first time since the party came to power in 2002.
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Turkey election: Tayyip Erdogan wins
Updated : 7 years, 11 months ago IST
Istanbul [Turkey], June 25 (ANI): Tightening his grip on the nation that he has ruled for 15 years, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has won the elections.
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