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Turkey: President Recep Tayyip Erdogan distributed money to voters
The released video shows Erdogan handing out money to gathered supporters in front of the polling station where he voted
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Turkey: Erdogan declared victory, Kilicdaroglu admitted defeat
"We have been given the responsibility to rule for the next five years," Erdogan told citizens gathered in Istanbul
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Elections in Turkey: Erdogan must go to the second round
Based on 99,38 percent of the votes counted, the current head of state, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, received 49,42 percent of the votes. The main opposition candidate Kemal Kilicdaroglu won 44,95 percent
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Elections in Turkey: Second round increasingly certain
According to official data, the current president of Turkey, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, fell below 50 percent of the votes won. However, it will be uncertain until the very end, and millions of votes are still being counted
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Kemal Kilicdaroglu: Who is the man who can defeat Erdogan?
Social democrat, "Turkish Gandhi", candidate of united opposition parties. A recognizable face of the opposition scene, a man who has been under attack by the ruling regime of Recep Tayyip Erdoğan for twenty years. He goes into the campaign with the slogan "Everything will be fine - Come on, Turks, come on!" and promises everything contrary to the reality that the current president, whom he calls a "seductive autocrat", has been building for two decades.