ERDOGAN LEADS IN PRESIDENTIAL RACE OF TURKEY

TURKEY, May 29, 2023

From our Overseas Bureau

Supporters of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan have taken to the streets to celebrate the Turkish leader’s lead in the preliminary vote-count of Sunday’s presidential runoff.

But the gap between Erdogan and his rival Kemal Kilicdaraglou is narrow, despite Erdogan having won the endorsement of the race’s third-place candidate Sinan Ogan, analysts say.