{"id":97947,"date":"2023-05-15T07:00:15","date_gmt":"2023-05-15T07:00:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/?p=97947"},"modified":"2023-05-15T07:00:16","modified_gmt":"2023-05-15T07:00:16","slug":"turkey-heading-to-first-ever-run-off-vote","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/97947\/","title":{"rendered":"Turkey heading to first ever run-off vote"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>QAMISHLI, Syria (North Press) &#8211;&nbsp; <\/strong>Turkey is heading on Monday to the first run-off vote with both rivals candidates Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Kemal K\u0131l\u0131cdaroglu failing to hit 50 percent threshold to win the presidential race outright.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The state-owned Anadolu news agency said that the 69 Erdogan led the race with 49.35 percent of the votes and Kilicdaroglu 45.0 percent, with almost 98% of ballot boxes counted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The run-off vote is to be held on May 28.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Speaking in the early hours of Monday, Erdogan said he believed he had enough votes to win outright but said he would accept a runoff, and accused unnamed others of trying to \u201cdeceive the nation\u201d by claiming they were in the lead.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As for K\u0131l\u0131cdaroglu, he said, &#8220;Despite all of his lies and attacks, Erdo\u011fan did not receive the desired outcome. No one should be enthusiastic about this being a done deal. The election is not won on the balcony.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIf our nation says second round, we will absolutely win the second round,\u201d he told reporters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The number of the registered voters in the country of 85 million people has reached 64 million.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Turkey&#8217;s longest-serving leader Erdogan in the former presidential election of 2018 won the first run with 52.5 percent of the vote.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Reporting by Saya Muhammad<\/strong><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>QAMISHLI, Syria (North Press) &#8211;&nbsp; Turkey is heading on Monday to the first run-off vote with both rivals candidates Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Kemal K\u0131l\u0131cdaroglu failing to hit 50 percent threshold to win the presidential race outright. 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