Polls close in Turkish runoff as Erdogan looks to extend rule

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan (C) leaves the polling station on the day of the runoff vote, in Istanbul, May 28, 2023. (Ozan Kose/AFP)
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan (C) leaves the polling station on the day of the runoff vote, in Istanbul, May 28, 2023. (Ozan Kose/AFP)

ISTANBUL — Turkish polling stations closed Sunday in a historic runoff election that could extend President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s two-decade rule until 2028.

Preliminary results were expected later Sunday in one of Turkey’s most important elections in its 100-year history as a post-Ottoman state.

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