Kemal Kilicdaroglu, presidential candidate of Turkey's main opposition alliance, walks at the Republican People's Party (CHP) headquarters on election night in Ankara, Turkey May 15, 2023. REUTERS/Yves Herman
ISTANBUL (Reuters) -President Tayyip Erdogan on Tuesday called Turkish voters to support him in a May 28 election runoff to maintain stability in Turkey, as he seeks to extend his rule into a third decade.
Erdogan got 49.5% in Sunday's vote and fell just short of the majority needed to avoid a runoff in a vote seen as a referendum on his autocratic rule. His main challenger, Kemal Kilicdaroglu, the candidate of a six-party opposition alliance, received 45%.
