Turkey's Runoff Election: The Fate of Erdogan's 20-Year Rule.

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Turkey's Runoff Election: The Fate of Erdogan's 20-Year Rule.
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Turkish voters head to the polls on Sunday for the second round of the presidential election, with incumbent President Recep Tayyip Erdogan seeking another five-year term against opposition candidate Kemal Kilicdaroglu. Erdogan received the most votes in the first round, but the opposition is scrambling to close the gap. The election comes as Turkey is grappling with a drawn-out economic crisis and struggling to recover from devastating earthquakes in February. Erdogan's unorthodox economic policy is not sustainable, according to critics. Erdogan has continued to draw support from his base, which includes religious Muslim, conservative and working-class people. Erdogan appears poised to win, extending his tenure as the longest-serving leader in the history of the Turkish Republic.

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