The vote will decide not only who leads Turkey, but also how it is governed. Read more at straitstimes.com.
ISTANBUL - Turks will vote on Sunday in one of the most consequential elections in modern Turkey’s 100-year history, which could unseat President Recep Tayyip Erdogan after 20 years in power and halt his government’s increasingly authoritarian path.
Polls will open at 8am and close at 5pm . Under Turkish election law, the reporting of any results is banned until 9pm. By late on Sunday, there could be a good indication of whether there will be a run-off vote for the presidency. The HDP has declared its support for Mr Kilicdaroglu in the presidential race. It is entering the parliamentary elections under the emblem of the small Green Left Party due to a court case filed by a top prosecutor seeking to ban the HDP over links to Kurdish militants, which the party denies.who has pulled out all the stops on the campaign trail
Mr Kilicdaroglu, a 74-year-old former civil servant, promises that if he wins he will return to orthodox economic policies from Mr Erdogan’s heavy management.
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