Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan claimed that his lead in the polls will “increase even more” as the final votes are tallied.
President Erdogan is facing the biggest challenge yet in his two decades in power after millions voted in a landmark election Sunday, with preliminary results indicating he may be forced into a runoff.
State-run Anadolu news agency’s latest figures show Erdogan’s lead at 49.52% and his main challenger, Kemal Kilicdaroglu, at 44.76%, with 95% of the vote counted. If neither wins a majority, they will go to a second vote, which would be a first for Erdogan.
The head of Turkey’s Supreme Election Council has just announced 87.13% of the votes have been counted, adding that there have been delays tallying the votes cast abroad.
