
A close presidential election in Turkey – a vote which could end President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s 20 years in power – increasingly appeared to be heading for a run-off as a tense count continued on Sunday night.
Both Mr Erdogan’s party and the opposition, led by Kemal Kilicdaroglu, tried to claim the momentum for their candidates as it seemed neither candidate would cross the 50 per cent threshold required for an outright win. Both Mr Erdogan’s Justice and Development Party (AKP) and the People’s Republican Party (CHP) clashed over coverage of the ballot count, a sign of how fractious this contest has become.