Kemal Kilicdaroglu

Turkey braces for momentous runoff as Erdogan's share of votes falls below 50%

After a night of high drama that saw President Recep Tayyip Erdogan narrowly defeating his secular rival but failing to win the first round, Turkey braced Monday for its first election rematch

Turkish polls close with Erdogan's fate hanging in balance

The emergence of Kemal Kilicdaroglu and his six-party opposition alliance -- a group that forms the type of broad-based coalition that Erdogan excelled at forging throughout his career -- gives foreign allies and Turkish voters a clear alternative

Earthquakes, Economy, United Opposition: Why Erdogan could lose Turkish election

Recep Tayyip Erdogan came to power in Turkey two decades ago. As Turkey goes to the polls, let's look at why the 69-year-old is in the fight of his political life against secular Opposition candidate Kemal Kilicdaroglu

Turkey: Voting for presidential, parliamentary polls today; Erdogan's two-decade rule may end

Voters will decide the fate of Turkey's democracy less than three months after a February 6 earthquake killed more than 50,000 people and displaced more than 5.9 million across southern Turkey and northern Syria

Turkey Presidential Election: A look at whether Tayyip Erdogan's two-decade rule will end on 14 May

Turkey will hold national elections on Sunday that look set to be the toughest test of Erdogan's long political career. A united opposition group led by Kılıçdaroğlu could finally end the Turkish president’s decades of power

Global Watch | Why Turkey’s presidential polls are important for India and the world

Turkey’s presidential polls are significant because the present incumbent President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has taken the country towards radical Islam

Turkey’s ‘Gandhi’: Who is Kemal Kilicdaroglu, Erdogan's key challenger and the 'future' of Turkish democracy?

Seventy-four-year-old Kemal Kilicdaroglu, a former civil servant, is the candidate of the coalition of six Opposition parties for the 14 May presidential elections in Turkey. Owing to his physical resemblance to the Indian leader, the Turkish politician has been dubbed 'Gandhi Kemal' by the media

Turkey's landmark elections: What’s at stake for the nation and the world?

The presidential and parliamentary elections, set for 14 May with a possible 28 May run-off, will decide not only who leads Turkey but also how it is governed, where its economy is headed, and the shape of its foreign policy

New investment flows from China to Turkey: Free trade zone may be created soon

Economic relations between Ankara and Beijing, which have been stagnant for several years, are now developing in many areas

Turkish presidential polls: Erdogan may have an edge but the battle isn’t over yet

The outcome of the head-to-head clash between President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Kemal Kilicdaroglu is eagerly anticipated in the upcoming Turkish presidential election