The Latest Breaking News from Recep Tayyip Erdoğan

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's most serious political opponent for years, Kemal Kilicdaroglu, has promised to reverse Erdoğan’s presidential system and return Turkey to parliamentary democracy if elected, writes Oliver Hartwich

Many Kılıçdaroğlu supporters said they wanted to force end to Erdoğan’s presidency; some readers still back the incumbent

Neither longtime Turkish leader Recep Tayyip Erdogan nor his main challenger Kemal Kilicdaroglu were able to win more than 50% of the vote. That means Turkey is heading for a runoff on May 28.

Observers surprised after results show president leading Kilicdaroglu by more than 4 percentage points in first round.

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Neither the president nor his rival Kılıçdaroğlu secured more than 50% of vote in closely fought national poll

Turkey’s presidential election will be decided in a runoff, election officials said Monday, after incumbent Recep Tayyip Erdogan pulled ahead of his chief challenger, but fell short of an outright victory that would extend his increasingly authoritarian rule into a third decade.

As neither candidate in the Turkey election has more than the required 50% of the vote, the election will head to a second round on May 28 between Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Kemal Kilicdaroglu

No candidate secured over 50 percent of the vote, pushing Turkey into a second round – and uncharted territory.