Turkey's Election: A Tense Battle for Erdogan's Future.

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Turkey's Election: A Tense Battle for Erdogan's Future.
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Turkey is holding parliamentary and presidential elections that are expected to be closely contested and could be the biggest challenge President Erdogan has faced in his two decades in power. Polls indicate that Erdogan is entering a race trailing behind an opponent, Kemal Kilicdaroglu, the leader of the center-left, pro-secular Republican People's Party. The vote will either grant Erdogan a new five-year term in office or set the country on a more democratic path. The elections come as the country is wracked by economic turmoil and reeling from the effects of a powerful earthquake.

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