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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Kate Connolly in Berlin and Jon Henley in Paris

Europe’s Turkish diaspora split as large numbers vote in election runoff

Three women with a buggy in front of a Turkey flag hung on a railing taking selfies.
Voters take selfies in front of the Turkish consulate in Berlin. Photograph: Kate Connolly/The Guardian

Casting her ballot at the Turkish consulate in Berlin for Sunday’s second round runoff in Turkey’s presidential elections, Cansu Yeni said she and her country faced a make-or-break moment.

The 32-year-old was one of many young people who moved to the German capital from Istanbul five years ago in reaction to democratic backsliding under Turkey’s president, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.

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