Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Turkey’s longtime incumbent leader, will head to a presidential election runoff for the first time in his career after falling short of the 50% needed to win in national elections on Sunday. nyti.ms
Erdogan still had the most votes, including more than the opposition leader Kemal Kilicdaroglu, as of Monday. But the provinces that contain Istanbul and Ankara, Turkey’s two largest cities, voted for Kilicdaroglu after both voted for Erdogan in 2018. nyti.ms
Erdogan appears to have the edge as he heads into the runoff. Even so, almost every part of the country shifted against him compared with the presidential election in 2018, according to preliminary results from a state news organization. nyti.ms
Voters leaned away from Erdogan in the regions hit hardest by the earthquake. Voters there told The New York Times they were voting for Kilicdaroglu because of the government’s earthquake response and its handling of the economy. See more: nyti.ms
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