Turkey’s presidential election is headed for a run-off vote on May 28 after no candidate secured more than 50 percent of the vote.
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan took 49.5 percent of Sunday’s vote, with his main challenger, Kemal Kilicdaroglu, getting 44.89 percent, Turkey’s Supreme Election Council said on Monday.
More than 64 million people were eligible to vote to elect a president and parliament for a five-year term.
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