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Voters in Turkey choose between Erdogan and Kilicdaroglu in presidential runoff

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An election representative holds a ballot with presidential candidates at a polling station in Istanbul, Turkey, Sunday, May 28, 2023. Voters in Turkey return to the polls Sunday to decide whether the country's longtime leader stretches his increasingly authoritarian rule into a third decade or is unseated by a challenger who has promised to restore a more democratic society.
Francisco Seco - staff, AP
Supporters of Turkish President and People's Alliance's presidential candidate Recep Tayyip Erdogan, attend an election campaign rally in Istanbul, Turkey, Saturday, May 27, 2023.
Khalil Hamra - staff, AP
An election representative checks a stamp at a polling station in Istanbul, Turkey, Sunday, May 28, 2023. Voters in Turkey return to the polls Sunday to decide whether the country's longtime leader stretches his increasingly authoritarian rule into a third decade or is unseated by a challenger who has promised to restore a more democratic society.
Francisco Seco - staff, AP
An election representative checks a stamp at a polling station in Istanbul, Turkey, Sunday, May 28, 2023. Voters in Turkey return to the polls Sunday to decide whether the country's longtime leader stretches his increasingly authoritarian rule into a third decade or is unseated by a challenger who has promised to restore a more democratic society.
Francisco Seco - staff, AP
Turkish President and People's Alliance's presidential candidate Recep Tayyip Erdogan, speaks during an election campaign rally in Istanbul, Turkey, Saturday, May 27, 2023.
Khalil Hamra - staff, AP
Supporters of Turkish President and People's Alliance's presidential candidate Recep Tayyip Erdogan, attend an election campaign rally in Istanbul, Turkey, Saturday, May 27, 2023.
Khalil Hamra - staff, AP
Turkish CHP party leader and Nation Alliance's presidential candidate Kemal Kilicdaroglu, center, attends a campaign event in Istanbul, Turkey, Friday, May 26, 2023. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is favored to win reelection in a presidential runoff Sunday, May 28, 2023, despite a host of domestic issues.
Khalil Hamra - staff, AP
Supporters of Turkish President and People's Alliance's presidential candidate Recep Tayyip Erdogan, attend an election campaign rally in Istanbul, Turkey, Saturday, May 27, 2023.
Khalil Hamra - staff, AP
Supporters of Turkish President and People's Alliance's presidential candidate Recep Tayyip Erdogan, attend an election campaign rally in Istanbul, Turkey, Saturday, May 27, 2023.
Khalil Hamra - staff, AP
Supporters of Turkish President and People's Alliance's presidential candidate Recep Tayyip Erdogan, attend an election campaign rally in Istanbul, Turkey, Saturday, May 27, 2023.
Khalil Hamra - staff, AP
Supporters of Turkish President and People's Alliance's presidential candidate Recep Tayyip Erdogan react as they listen to him during a campaign rally in Istanbul, Turkey, Friday, May 26, 2023.
Francisco Seco - staff, AP
Turkish President and People's Alliance's presidential candidate Recep Tayyip Erdogan speaks during a campaign rally in Istanbul, Turkey, Friday, May 26, 2023.
Francisco Seco - staff, AP
A woman votes at a polling station in Istanbul, Turkey, Sunday, May 28, 2023. Voters in Turkey return to the polls Sunday to decide whether the country's longtime leader stretches his increasingly authoritarian rule into a third decade or is unseated by a challenger who has promised to restore a more democratic society.
Emrah Gurel - stringer, AP
A woman votes at a polling station in Istanbul, Turkey, Sunday, May 28, 2023. Voters in Turkey return to the polls Sunday to decide whether the country's longtime leader stretches his increasingly authoritarian rule into a third decade or is unseated by a challenger who has promised to restore a more democratic society.
Emrah Gurel - stringer, AP
An election representative holds a ballot with presidential candidates at a polling station in Ankara, Turkey, Sunday, May 28, 2023. Voters in Turkey return to the polls Sunday to decide whether the country's longtime leader stretches his increasingly authoritarian rule into a third decade or is unseated by a challenger who has promised to restore a more democratic society.
Ali Unal - stringer, AP
People wait to vote at a polling station in Ankara, Turkey, Sunday, May 28, 2023. Voters in Turkey return to the polls Sunday to decide whether the country's longtime leader stretches his increasingly authoritarian rule into a third decade or is unseated by a challenger who has promised to restore a more democratic society.
Ali Unal - stringer, AP
A woman holding a kid votes at a polling station in Ankara, Turkey, Sunday, May 28, 2023. Voters in Turkey return to the polls Sunday to decide whether the country's longtime leader stretches his increasingly authoritarian rule into a third decade or is unseated by a challenger who has promised to restore a more democratic society.
Ali Unal - stringer, AP
A ballot with the names and images of two presidential candidates, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, left, and Kemal Kilicdaroglu, at a polling station, in Ankara, Turkey, Sunday, May 28, 2023. Voters in Turkey returned to the polls Sunday to decide whether the countrys longtime leader, Erdogan, stretches his increasingly authoritarian rule into a third decade or is unseated by a challenger who has promised to restore a more democratic society.
Burhan Ozbilici - staff, AP
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, right, and his wife Emine Erdogan, cast their ballots at a polling station during the second round of the presidential election in Istanbul, Sunday, May 28, 2023. Voters in Turkey returned to the polls Sunday to decide whether the countrys longtime leader, Erdogan, stretches his increasingly authoritarian rule into a third decade, or is unseated by a challenger who has promised to restore a more democratic society.
Murad Sezer - pool, Reuters Pool
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, center, look as his wife Emine casts her ballot at a polling station during the second round of the presidential election in Istanbul, Sunday, May 28, 2023. Voters in Turkey returned to the polls Sunday to decide whether the countrys longtime leader, Erdogan, stretches his increasingly authoritarian rule into a third decade, or is unseated by a challenger who has promised to restore a more democratic society.
Murad Sezer - pool, Reuters Pool
Turkish President and People's Alliance's presidential candidate Recep Tayyip Erdogan, center behind the fence, surrounded by his security, arrives to vote at a polling station in Istanbul, Turkey, Sunday, May 28, 2023. Erdogan, who has been at Turkey's helm for 20 years, is favored to win a new five-year term in the second-round runoff after coming just short of an outright victory in the first round on May 14.
Emrah Gurel - stringer, AP
Two women walk past an image of Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, the founder of modern Turkey, as they arrives to vote at a polling station at a primary school, in Diyarbakir, Turkey, Sunday, May 28, 2023. Voters in Tur

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