Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan declared victory in a historic runoff election. (File) Istanbul, Turkey: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan declared victory Sunday in a historic runoff election that posed the toughest challenge of his two-decade rule. “We will be ruling the country for the coming five years,” Erdogan told his cheering supporters from atop […]
“I ask my citizens to turn out and vote without complacency,” Tayyip Erdogan said. (File) Istanbul, Turkey: Turkish polling stations closed Sunday in a historic runoff election that could extend President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s two decades of dominant but divisive Islamic style of rule until 2028. The NATO member’s longest-serving leader defied critics and doubters […]
Turkey’s first presidential runoff in the mostly Muslim. Ankara, Turkey: Turkey braced Monday for its first election runoff after a night of high drama showed President Recep Tayyip Erdogan edging ahead of his secular rival but failing to secure a first-round win. Erdogan sounded triumphant as he emerged before a sea of supporters shortly after […]
