Erdogan and Opposition Both Claim Lead in Turkish Election

Neither President Recep Tayyip Erdogan nor opposition leader Kemal Kilicdaroglu was able to claim an outright victory in the Turkish election as vote counting continued

People in Turkey are voting in the tightest election in years, as the country recovers from a devastating earthquake in the midst of an economic crisis. WSJ’s Jared Malsin explains why the results could reverberate beyond Turkey. Photo: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images

ISTANBUL—Turkey’s ruling party and its opponents both claimed a lead in one of the most critical elections in the country’s history—and have far-reaching geopolitical consequences for the Middle East, Ukraine and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization., could claim an outright victory as of early Monday local time.

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