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    Turkey will have a runoff election for president on Sunday.

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    Turkey will have a runoff election for president on Sunday after no contender received 50% of the vote in the first round on May 14.

    The polls will open at 8 a.m. local time (0500GMT) on Sunday and close at 5 p.m. (1400GMT).

    More over 60 million individuals are registered to vote, with 4.9 million of them being first-time voters.

    In the country, 191,885 voting boxes have been put up for voters.

    As of 10 a.m. local time (0700GMT) on Thursday, more than 1.89 million individuals – 1,895,430 – have already voted at Türkiye’s foreign missions and customs gates, according to the Supreme Election Council.

    Voting at diplomatic posts closed on Wednesday, while polling at customs gates will continue until 5 p.m. local time (1400GMT) on Sunday.

    On May 14, a total of 1,839,470 Turkish nationals living abroad voted in both presidential and parliamentary elections.

    Those who are unable to vote in their country of residency within the time limit will be eligible to vote at the customs gates till 5 p.m. Sunday.

    President Recep Tayyip Erdogan urged everyone to vote on Saturday.

    “Let us all go to the polls tomorrow for the Great Türkiye Victory.” Let us reflect the will expressed in Parliament on May 14 to the Presidency much more firmly this time,” Erdogan stated on Twitter.

    “Let’s start the Türkiye Century with our votes,” he concluded.

    On May 14, millions of people went to the polls to choose the country’s president and members of its 600-seat parliament.

    Erdogan’s People’s Alliance secured a parliamentary majority, but the presidential election went to a second round since no candidate received a simple majority, or more than 50% of the vote. Erdogan, on the other hand, led with 49.52%.

    In the runoff voting, Erdogan will face Kemal Kilicdaroglu, the head of the main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) and a joint candidate for the six-party opposition Nation Alliance.​​​​​​​

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