By the narrowest of margins, the Turkish elections remain formally inconclusive after the votes were counted on the early morning of May 15, with the prospect of a runoff second election between the incumbent President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and his principal challenger Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu scheduled for May 28. At this time Erdoğan seems almost certain to prevail, having secured 49.5% of the vote in the first round as opposed to Kılıçdaroğlu who managed to gain 44.9% support from the 64 million Turks who voted, an impressive 88.9% of eligible voters. More
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