{"id":184599,"date":"2023-05-15T19:58:43","date_gmt":"2023-05-15T16:58:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wardoon.net\/en\/?p=184599"},"modified":"2023-05-15T20:10:09","modified_gmt":"2023-05-15T17:10:09","slug":"erdogan-faces-second-round-in-fevered-race-for-presidency","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/wardoon.net\/en\/erdogan-faces-second-round-in-fevered-race-for-presidency\/","title":{"rendered":"Erdogan faces second round in fevered race for presidency"},"content":{"rendered":"

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A run-off between President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his main challenger looks increasingly likely, after Turkey’s most closely fought election in decades
\nTurkey’s Supreme Election Council says Erdogan is on 49.49% of the vote, with his rival Kemal Kilicdaroglu on 44.79%, with nearly all the votes counted
\nIf neither man secures 50%, there will be a second poll in two weeks’ time
\nThe incumbent has performed far better than the pre-election polls, which had appeared to suggest Kilicdaroglu\u2019s opposition alliance could triumph
\nHowever Erdogan’s Islamic-rooted alliance has retained its edge
\nErdogan has told his AK Party supporters in Ankara that he is ready for a run-off poll if necessary, but believes he can still win outright
\nKilicdaroglu has vowed to win the election in a second round, saying his rival failed to get a vote of confidence from the people
\nThe election comes against the background of soaring inflation and in the aftermath of devastating earthquakes.<\/p>\n

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ANKARA, TURKIYE – MAY 14: ATA Alliance\u00e2s presidential candidate Sinan Ogan speaks to press amid ballot counting after presidential and parliamentary elections ended at 5 p.m. local time on May 14, 2023, in Ankara, Turkiye. (Photo by Hakan Nural\/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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A run-off between President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his main challenger looks increasingly likely, after Turkey’s most closely fought election in decades Turkey’s Supreme Election Council says Erdogan is on 49.49% of the vote, with his rival Kemal Kilicdaroglu on 44.79%, with nearly all the votes counted If neither man secures 50%, there will be […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":184601,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":{"facebook_10221280388112155_325455220908133":"","twitter_917774835383787521_917774835383787521":""},"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/wardoon.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/184599"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/wardoon.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/wardoon.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/wardoon.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/wardoon.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=184599"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/wardoon.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/184599\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":184607,"href":"http:\/\/wardoon.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/184599\/revisions\/184607"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/wardoon.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/184601"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/wardoon.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=184599"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/wardoon.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=184599"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/wardoon.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=184599"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}