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Here is a guide to Turkey's runoff election, the two candidates and the key issues as well as details on how the May 14 parliamentary election unfolded.
The election had been seen as one of the most consequential yet for Turkey, with the opposition believing it had a strong chance of unseating Erdogan.
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Concern in Israel’s pro-democracy camp that democratic erosion processes in Turkey are similarly emerging in Israel under Netanyahu’s enduring rule.
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Nationwide, the Islamist-rooted AKP won a new parliamentary majority with its alliance partners, while Erdogan, 69, led comfortably in the presidential vote ahead of a runoff.
Erdogan received 49.4% of votes in the Turkish presidential election. Rival Kilicdaroglu had 44.96%.
Regardless of how the final vote count turns out and the likelihood of Ankara heading to a second round of elections, the opposition has an uphill battle.
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