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Sunday, May 28, 2023
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Sunday, May 28, 2023
Polls close in Turkish runoff as Erdogan looks to extend rule
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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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