President Tayyip Erdogan will appeal to a "kingmaker" third candidate as he manoeuvres to seal victory in Turkey's runoff election, after the initial vote dashed his challenger Kemal Kilicdaroglu's hopes of a swift win.
Erdogan's strong performance on Sunday gave him 49.4% of the vote, well ahead of Kilicdaroglu on 45% and just shy of the 50% threshold for outright victory, shattering opinion polls that had suggested his 20-year reign was about to end.
