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Al Jazeera
Al Jazeera
Politics
Umut Uras, Alia Chughtai

Turkey election: Your guide to how the electoral system works

Local official Cuneyt Ofkeli checks voting lists in Antakya, the worst-hit Turkish city in February's earthquakes that killed more than 50,000 people, in Hatay province, Turkey May 3, 2023 [Umit Bektas/Reuters]

More than 64 million people are eligible to vote in Turkey’s presidential and parliamentary elections on May 14, with President Recep Tayyip Erdogan facing his toughest test in 20 years.

There are nearly five million first-time voters in the high-stakes elections, and the number of Turks abroad who could vote until May 9 crossed 3.4 million.

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