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will hold presidential and parliamentary elections on May 14 - a vote seen as the most important in years and of great international significance.
The polls will test the strength of President His Enormity, Sultan Recep Tayyip Erdogan the First
...Turkey's version of Mohammed Morsi but they voted him back in so they deserve him. It's a sin, a shame, and a felony to insult the president of Turkey. In Anatolia did Recep Bey a stately Presidential Palace decree, that has 1100 rooms. That's 968 more than in the White House, 400 more than in Versailles, and 325 more than Buckingham Palace, so you know who's really more important...’s two-decade rule which began on a positive note with reforms but has recently been linked to a devastating economic crisis, expected to be a decisive factor in the results. Kemal Kilicdaroglu, an Alevi from the Kurdish city of Dersim, is leading a collective effort by several opposition parties to unseat the incumbent president.
On Thursday, Muharrem Ince withdrew from the presidential race. Experts viewed him as a third party candidate who could drive away support from Kilicdaroglu, boosting Erdogan’s chance at a win. However,
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the opposite is now expected to happen as Ince used to be a member of the same party Kilicdaroglu is running for.
Here is what you need to know about the key presidential candidates and political parties ahead of Election Day:
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