Turkey is heading for a run-off presidential vote. Here’s all you need to know
The build-up to the first round suggested a narrow race, with Erdogan facing unprecedented pressure after 20 years in power. Instead Erdogan defied expectations and only narrowly missed out on winning outright. The vote took place nearly four months after a February 6 earthquake killed more than 50,000 people and displaced more than more than 5.9 million across southern Turkey and northern Syria.
“We are not at a point where we would impose sanctions on Russia like the West have done. We are not bound by the West’s sanctions,” Erdogan said. “We are a strong state and we have a positive relationship with Russia.” “Russia and Turkey need each other in every field possible,” he added. Kilicdaroglu has said that he would not seek to emulate Erdogan’s personality-driven relationship with Putin, and instead recalibrate Ankara’s relationship to Moscow to be “state-driven.
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